Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
 ·Comcast
 ·Embarq
|  Making available clause written by lawyers for lawyers.
 The making available clause was written to enable the copyright holders to shake down the computer illiterate. You know those people that do not know how to disable file sharing in the software installed on their computer. The D.M.C.A. was written by lawyers for lawyers financial benefit. It does not give the accused an opportunity to remedy the situation before the accuser makes monitory claims against the accused. The copyright organizations have always been given the right to shake down anyone who violates the copyright law whether intentionally or accidentally. Of the many abuses I see I will describe the following two abuses for example. They are the Music on Hold and the Happy Birthday To You, Police. If a business is found to be playing copyrighted music on their music on hold system, without a license, the copyright holders will send the business a demand letter for thousands of dollars in compensation. The same holds true for a restaurant where employees sing Happy Birthday To You to their guests. For their efforts they may receive a demand letter from the Happy Birthday To You copyright control organization. The obvious solution is to give any person found to be violating the copyright of a composer or performer at least one notice to cease and desist before being allowed to make monitory claims against the accused. |
