29 May '14 00:19>
I have just re-subscribed to a newspaper that is behind a paywall, and learnt that a public figure I much admire is now terminally ill. I have always admired his writing and broadcasting, and he has written a beautiful poem about his current situation, which appears behind the paywall. While ordinarily I would link to it, it's a waste of time to do so because of the paywall situation. I don't want to bother him with requests for reproduction of his poem on rhp but I want to share it respectfully. At the same time I would not want to hurt sales of any book it may be published in, even if posthumously.
In this age of digital media, what do you feel about the issue of copyright? I think it's fairly clear that existing legislation is not able to cope, but as someone who hopes one day to produce art, writing, and computer programming I feel stronger than most of my generation against piracy and unauthorised reproduction. Yet I can see that rights holders can sometimes bully and intimidate "little people" and there are interesting issues regarding whether creativity and progress are hampered by laws and practices which place strong legal or social penalties on those who are seen to flaunt the laws.
There are strong voices for reform (if you want a very intelligent discussion I suggest layout your hands on back issues of MacUser, the British Mac magazine), but I find it hard to reach a personal conclusion as the issue is highly complex and difficult.
I'd appreciate anyone's and everyone's thoughts on this 🙂.
In this age of digital media, what do you feel about the issue of copyright? I think it's fairly clear that existing legislation is not able to cope, but as someone who hopes one day to produce art, writing, and computer programming I feel stronger than most of my generation against piracy and unauthorised reproduction. Yet I can see that rights holders can sometimes bully and intimidate "little people" and there are interesting issues regarding whether creativity and progress are hampered by laws and practices which place strong legal or social penalties on those who are seen to flaunt the laws.
There are strong voices for reform (if you want a very intelligent discussion I suggest layout your hands on back issues of MacUser, the British Mac magazine), but I find it hard to reach a personal conclusion as the issue is highly complex and difficult.
I'd appreciate anyone's and everyone's thoughts on this 🙂.