Beyond the Arguments about the trading of so called illegal material, there are other issues which need to be looked at with regard to IP.
For example, what if the current copyright laws (which only seem t favour copyright lawyers these days) do not suit the intentions of the original creator of the content to begin with.
What if the Artist or Software developer honestly didnt mind certain uses and circumstances to exist legally so their work could be copied and even modified.
enter Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org
Check this stuff out, it is a glimmer of hope that at least there are other ways to share IP, if thats what someone wants to do, without All our base belonging to Lawyers and corporations.
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Beyond the Arguments about the trading of so called illegal material, there are other issues which need to be looked at with regard to IP. For example, what if the current copyright laws (which only seem t favour copyright lawyers these days) do not suit the intentions of the original creator of the content to begin with. What if the Artist or Software developer honestly didnt mind certain uses and circumstances to exist legally so their work could be copied and even modified. enter Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org Check this stuff out, it is a glimmer of hope that at least there are other ways to share IP, if thats what someone wants to do, without All our base belonging to Lawyers and corporations.