 GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | reply to Polaris5
Re: What rights are we talking about? Good call there Polaris.
There is a distinct difference (albeit somewhat vague) between the doctrines of "Fair Use" and "First Sale".
The trouble is that the RIAA and the MPAA are effectively ignoring BOTH of these doctrines.
Unfortunately, most of our legislators do not or cannot understand the statutory history of these doctrines and are inextricably linked with industry insiders like Valenti.
I certainly support artists being compensated for their work, but to be clear -- that never has been the issue here. Whether we are talking music or movies, it is the distributors who actually own the copyrights who are raising hell over P2P.
The article does indicate right off that Valenti is not what you would call tech-savvy. However, the article is also extremely soft on the issues at hand, offering Valenti a perfect opportunity to air HIS views -- but share few others.
If talks are to happen "in good faith" as Valenti proposes, than the industry should have to be faced with their distractors for once in a public forum. Of course the RIAA and MPAA don't want the world to know just how many legislators they do have in their back pockets.
I really wish a news organization would actually take a harder line with Valenti et al and push the real truths of the issues. If they say they have lost income DIRECTLY because of piracy, then prove it. Submit to an independent 3rd party review of the economic landscape instead of just spouting off "facts" which have little backing or with surveys that were conducted under the umbrella of the industry groups.
I have read many articles where the authors mention the VCR "scare" that went on years ago, however I have yet to see the question asked in an interview! If anyone has, I would love to see the response -- but I believe even then it would be incomplete or the answer simply redirected to another issue.
I say kudos to the hardware vendors who are standing up against these mechanisms. Copy protection or not, a CD that is protected should not crash the PC it is trying to be run on. It should simply not be accessible. The articles I have see on this topic tend to have a condescending air of "Too bad, so sad" from Sony et al. The impression from them is that if you are trying it on a PC then you must be a pirate, and shame on you -- tough luck if your PC crashes.
I also have a great deal of distaste for all of the references to dead US Presidents in these debates. First off, Lincoln -- although coined as "Honest Abe" was a lawyer by profession. I believe also that he would have loved the internet -- and yes, I doubt he would have been thrilled about piracy. HOWEVER, he was also a man that was greatly concerned over civil & human rights. I believe he would have greatly questioned the RIAA/MPAA's motives with the legislation they support. He would have been embarrassed by many of our legislators actions.
And, oh yea...Abe Lincoln wouldn't have been wrapped around the little finger of the entertainment industry.
Remember "...a government of the People, by the People and for the People."
K.
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