Eric Baptiste Weighs In On Copyright Summit Issues

With the upcoming biennial summit of authors and composers in Washington DC, The Register has an interview with Eric Baptiste, head of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC), that touches on some of the hot issues. "There's no one-stop shopping anymore. We were working to put that in place in the Santiago Agreement [2000] which got struck down by the European Commission [in 2004]. It would put together all the world's repertory and enable one society to grant a worldwide license. That was a very bold move. It's a pity it was not appreciated at the time by the European Commission."

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P2P Copyright Theft: No Free Lunch

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P2P Pirates peer to peer theft of copyright material has an unintended consequence. It results in junk quality of books and music. Instead of reading 1 quality book, P2P crooks must now waste their time reading 5 or 10.

There is no free lunch. Nothing is free. It only 'appears' free. The money P2P pirates 'save' is lost having to read 10 books instead of one. 20 music songs instead of 1.

Basic economics 101. Nothing is free. Everything costs. Authors realize this so they spread out the material across multiple documents. Pirates don't value their time much.