This article is just another example of the rest of the world only just now beginning to catch up. The internet and IP law have been clashing since the old BBS days (does anyone here remember BBSs?). Copyrighted material would be posted and proper credit given (which is the the core of IP)...however, no royalties or whatnot would be given. In other words..this is old news. Mp3s have been around for awhile and CD sales continue to rise. Movie piracy is a bit newer but watching a movie on your monitor and seeing one in the theatre are not comparable events. And as far as publication of copyrighted texts...that's older than I am. The point is, nothing is going to change due to piracy. And if anything did change it would be for the better. Muscicians are lazy and greedy these days, their performances sound like their albums. If pirates force them to learn how to give good concerts than I support the pirates all the way.
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This article is just another example of the rest of the world only just now beginning to catch up. The internet and IP law have been clashing since the old BBS days (does anyone here remember BBSs?). Copyrighted material would be posted and proper credit given (which is the the core of IP)...however, no royalties or whatnot would be given. In other words..this is old news. Mp3s have been around for awhile and CD sales continue to rise. Movie piracy is a bit newer but watching a movie on your monitor and seeing one in the theatre are not comparable events. And as far as publication of copyrighted texts...that's older than I am. The point is, nothing is going to change due to piracy. And if anything did change it would be for the better. Muscicians are lazy and greedy these days, their performances sound like their albums. If pirates force them to learn how to give good concerts than I support the pirates all the way.