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join:2005-05-17 | It's not about the piracy. This has nothing to do with "piracy". This is about control, plain and simple.
I have written things that I have posted on the Internet. They are copyrighted, to me, as the original content creator. Now, anyone who would take that, reproduce it, or otherwise make use of it, without my express permission, is committing an act of piracy and breaking the law. As content creator and holder of the copyright, it is mine to decide who I allow to access and use my three-page diatribe on what's wrong with Final Fantasy 7.
Now, what if I choose to exercise those rights against AT&T users? Suppose there are specific users out there I want my essay blocked from. How am I going to do that?
•How is AT&T going to determine the identity of every single user, in order to confirm whether or not it's one I want blocked?
•What procedures will I be offered to verify if a violation of my copyright has occurred? And what greivance procedures are there, and how will AT&T assist me?
•Primarily, are they going to give a darn about me, a private individual copyright holder?
My suspicion is that the answers are
•They can't,
•None,
•Not on your life.
This is about cuddling up to certain major institutions, primarily the **AAs (and maybe some international equivalents). Say what you want about whether what they're doing is right or wrong, but I believe that what they're claiming here is not only unfeasible, but extremely limited.
This is about giving the **AAs et al. what they're asking for - control. Control over who can see what they own, how much it costs, how it's distributed. It's not about stopping piracy. Piracy is one very large and well-animated strawman.
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 elveySpamassassin
join:2001-02-17
San Francisco, CA | Excellent essay!
I'm wondering: What fraction of the folks reading this thread and thinking 'yeah, how dare they invade my privacy' actually have and use PGP or S/MIME email? |
