Re: [ARSCLIST] A counter-attack in the copyright wars

["Schooley, John" <John.Schooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's been an interesting series on Slate.com regarding these (and
other) legal issues.  This article:

http://www.slate.com/id/2175730/entry/2175743/

talks about how how many laws are on the books that are never repealed
but simply no longer enforced.

This one:

http://www.slate.com/id/2175730/entry/2175731/

discusses copyright law specifically.

I think that, ultimately, what is discussed in the first article is the
way things are going.  Many aspects of copyright law will simply no
longer be enforced, a) as companies either change business models to
better take advantage of the changes in the landscape, or b) there are
simply too many violators to be able to prosecute, and the PR problems
are not worth the legal "victories".

However, this lack of enforcement would not be a victory.  Even if
copying is everywhere rampant and "legal" by default, most libraries and
universities would choose to err on the side of caution and still be
hesistant to violate the letter of the law (say, to make digital copies
of their collections of historic recordings available for download),
even if it is unenforced.

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] A counter-attack in the copyright wars

An article from the Washington Post. It speaks to the non-commercial use
of copyrighted material by the public and what rights the public might
have...I find the implications quite fascinating.
   
  Karl
   
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR200710
1802453.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter