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Copyright vs. authors
Everyone always argues “we need a strong copyright to protect the authors and their work” (here, for example). Frankly, I’m very suspicious how many authors are in this “we”. Usually, this “we”...
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What You Don’t Know About Copyright
Rick Falkvinge has a good overview over the history of copyright in his blog: The Black Death decimates scribecraft A Vengeful Daughter Creates Censorship The Monopoly Dies – And Rises The United...
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Paid By Stupidity
Someone once said: “My knowledge is for free, my time is expensive. If you understand quickly, I’m cheap. If you’re dumb, I’m expensive.” I think this is true for a lot of professions. We’re paid for...
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Another Reason Against Copyright
The EU is about to extend the duration of the copyright for music from 50 to 70 years. That means recordings (not the music, only the original tapes and records) of the Beatles, Elvis, etc. will...
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Legal Insanity: Suing Timezone Database
Like many people, I have a strong opinion about justice. In this time and age, it feels like the legal system, invented to give justice to everyone has become part of the problem. Note that I’m not...
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Meeting Cory Doctorow in Zurich
By pure chance, I learned yesterday that Cory Doctorow is in Zurich for a talk about “The Politics of Copyright and the New Cultural Economy” – a topic that I’m very interested in. Also, since I write...
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The Copyright Failure
And another of my long list of copyright posts. Can’t let it rest for some reason. Copyright failed. As Larry Lessig said in his TED talk: Every view in the digital age is a copy. Watch a DVD and the...
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What We Can Learn About Copyright From Archimedes
Archimedes is long dead but we know about him because he left books and other people wrote about him. In William Noel’s TED talk about how a team recovered the Archimedes Palimpsest, William made some...
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Musicians Need Strong Copyright Laws to be as Successful as They Already Are
When I read “Britain’s share of the global music market is higher than ever” (source) and “We can only realise this potential if we have a strong domestic copyright”, I can’t help but wonder: Isn’t the...
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The reform in the current form was designed to increase profits of the big players in the game: the few big music labels, movie companies and news agencies. Since they want those additional billions, I...
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