"The employment agreement for some universities stipulate they own the rights for any products created with university resources on university time. So, technically, the university would control any copyright on a lecture, not the faculty."
I could understand private universities, but what about the ones funded with 'taxpayer dollars?'
It seems to me that a lecture given by a professor being paid with our tax dollars should automatically be in the public domain.
Maybe one could go so far as to demand that lectures given at schools who accept federal grants also be in the public domain. This way, everybody could learn something.
The real value of going to the school and participating in the class is the degree they give you. Joe Schmoe can't claim 'I listened to x amount of lectures that equals a degree' now, can he?
"The movie industry "Moviebay" site may be a good idea. But if they charge anything, sites like the Pirate Bay are in direct competition. Competition is fine, but not when the sites you are competing with use your own product to compete with you."
The majority of people, like myself, will pay. I told you in a previous blog post, if the 'industry' comes out with a pay service without DRM, my visa card would probably melt. Since the 'industry' is so good at promoting things, they could 'educate' consumers as to which are the 'good ones' and which are the 'bad ones.'
"And AC is right, how many 70 year old works have you downloaded? That being said I do know an author who is in his seventies and published his first book 50 years ago. Its long out of print, but is a fine book and if it does go in print again, then people are still enjoying his product and he should be paid."
A>> My point about the 70+ years is looking forward, not backward.
A movie released today won't come into the public domain until the year 2083. (longer, if the corporations get their way.)
What will the world be like in 2083? I don't know. But until then, the 'industry' has a lock on it.
Let's take that a step back, shall we? There was a movie release in 1983 called 'Brainstorm.' Way ahead of it's time back then. A 26-year copyright on that movie would expire in 2009 (without the extension granted by the 1976 'revision' of the copyright act.)
That would give somebody the freedom to re-make that film, and start shooting it TODAY. But you can't unless you are willing to wade through the 'licensing' and everything else that comes along with a work still under copyright.
B>> Seriously, you think somebody should get paid for a work that they did 50 years ago?
I'm not trying to be callous, but 50 years?
Let's expand on that, shall we? I go to sell my 2006 Pontiac, and just when I am ready to sign the papers, a lawyer comes up and demands payment on behalf of the UAW workers that helped put it together.
"For what?" I ask.
"Because there was intellectual property involved in the creation of that vehicle. You don't think that the worker who made that vehicle deserves to feed his great-grandchildren?"
Granted, this is about a 'tangible' item. But what about Garth Brooks? (he was a person who wanted royalties from used CD's)
How long before the corporations start lobbying congress to give them royalties from every used dvd that sells on ebay?
Now to draw the line between the two.
Yes, an author should get paid for a work, including royalties for each work sold.
No, the term should not be 75 years (or life +95 years). If he hasn't created any new works since the publishing of that work, then he needs to get a job or starve.
That is one of the problems with today's society, we have too many people sitting on their asses.
That's true, but copyright was never meant to last 75 years plus.
"There are people who making their living off of intellectual property."
That is also true, but copyrighted works should go into the public domain after a period of time, not go to support the orginal artists' children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.
My biggest question, why isn't there an industry-sanctioned site called 'The Movie Bay?' This would be the place where everybody could download works, and the 'industry' would get paid. And, if you seed a movie, the 'industry' gives you money back for helping them distribute the movie.
Make 'The Movie Bay' $15 a month, and of course NO DRM. Maybe add 'The TV Bay' and 'The Music Bay' as well.
How about it, Corey? Why doesn't the industry do this? They could make millions (billions) off of the consumer in this way, but they don't.
"In all your blogs you go on and on about the "new business model" the movie and music industry need."
The movie and music industries need a model where they offer their product at a reasonable price and without DRM. Scratch that, only the movie industry needs to do that now.
If the music industry had the copyright protection that they demanded, we wouldn't be seeing DRM-FREE MP3's for sale. (In fact, we probably wouldn't see any music on the internet except for Indie music.)
The music industry adapted, albeit a little late.
The movie industry, on the other hand, instead of pursuing a DRM-FREE Download model (and reasonable prices) has taken to suing anything/everything in sight. CinemaNow/Movielink was a joke, and so are the iTunes movie store and Amazon Unbox. As long as there is DRM on the video, I will not buy it, sorry.
The consumer is speaking, and the industry is not listening. NO DRM - So that I can move content that I have paid for to any device or stream it to any device from my computer. The only thing the industry is 'competing' with (in my eyes) right now is DRM-FREE, not FREE.
If an (industry-sponsored) movie site came online tomorrow, offering (recent) content at a fair price (if a movie sells for 19.99 in the store, then the download should be half that) WITHOUT DRM, then I would have my visa card out so fast that it would make your head spin, Corey.
"What you seem to ignore is this, even if they all adopt new business models and offer the free content you want (which is really what everyone complaining about the MPAA and RIAA want, its not about right),"
I don't want free, see above.
"Whether the movie and music industry need new business models is irrelevant to whether we need copyright protection (which we do), and your bringing it up in every blog you write makes it sound more like an excuse of a whiny little kid - like their lack of creating a new business model entitles you to steal."
No, it entitles me not to buy.
"If you don't like their product or what they charge, live without it."
I can live without the industry, can the industry live without me? Probably. Can the industry live without a million of me? They'll just call it piracy and try to get some legislation passed that demands that every consumer spend at least a hundred dollars a month on their product.
Can the industry live without ten million of me? How about a hundred million?
"I think the point of the industry take on this problem is the act of illegally swiping someone's creative produce without paying for it." By Mitch McGuire
So the supreme court was wrong in Sony V. Universal? People have been archiving their shows for 20 years, Legally.
When put into that perspective, all of your analogies are garbage. You sound like old-bald-head in charge of the MPAA. (Dan Glickman)
So the MPAA introduces the broadcast flag, with which YOU *mpaa stooge* can control the recordings that consumers make.
I wouldn't be suprised if some 'broadcast flag' recordings expire on the date that the dvd is released, FORCING you to buy the DVD.
My response to the MPAA and their 'DVD' scenario is this. I WILL record everything I can in HD (using non-broadcast flag equipment). I will BURN them to Non-DRM'ed formats. (minus the commercials of course).
I WILL NOT buy any more seasons of my favorite shows on DVD until the MPAA stops this broadcast flag nonsense (In essence turning all of your viewers into criminals.)
If, by some streak of providence, the MPAA sees the light and stops trying to lock down everything (I mean region codes, and all the restrictions they are trying to put on HD-DVD) I might start buying TV shows on DVD. Not until.
The MPAA gets the broadcast flag through congress? I have two non-broadcast flag compliant HD recorders. When those break, I will watch what I recorded until I get bored. When I get bored, I will read a book.
CBS - you want to pull all your HD programming? Go ahead, I have enough of your HD programming archived to last me until I get a good supply of books built up.
On the post: Are College Lectures Covered By Copyright?
public money - public information
I could understand private universities, but what about the ones funded with 'taxpayer dollars?'
It seems to me that a lecture given by a professor being paid with our tax dollars should automatically be in the public domain.
Maybe one could go so far as to demand that lectures given at schools who accept federal grants also be in the public domain. This way, everybody could learn something.
The real value of going to the school and participating in the class is the degree they give you. Joe Schmoe can't claim 'I listened to x amount of lectures that equals a degree' now, can he?
On the post: Instead Of Recording Music, Recreate It 1,000 Times More Efficiently Than MP3s (But Only For Clarinets)
21 years ago, give or take
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format)
a little bigger than midi, because it carries the sound samples with it.
On the post: Danish Court Tells ISP To Block PirateBay
Various replies:
The majority of people, like myself, will pay. I told you in a previous blog post, if the 'industry' comes out with a pay service without DRM, my visa card would probably melt. Since the 'industry' is so good at promoting things, they could 'educate' consumers as to which are the 'good ones' and which are the 'bad ones.'
"And AC is right, how many 70 year old works have you downloaded? That being said I do know an author who is in his seventies and published his first book 50 years ago. Its long out of print, but is a fine book and if it does go in print again, then people are still enjoying his product and he should be paid."
A>> My point about the 70+ years is looking forward, not backward.
A movie released today won't come into the public domain until the year 2083. (longer, if the corporations get their way.)
What will the world be like in 2083? I don't know. But until then, the 'industry' has a lock on it.
Let's take that a step back, shall we? There was a movie release in 1983 called 'Brainstorm.' Way ahead of it's time back then. A 26-year copyright on that movie would expire in 2009 (without the extension granted by the 1976 'revision' of the copyright act.)
That would give somebody the freedom to re-make that film, and start shooting it TODAY. But you can't unless you are willing to wade through the 'licensing' and everything else that comes along with a work still under copyright.
B>> Seriously, you think somebody should get paid for a work that they did 50 years ago?
I'm not trying to be callous, but 50 years?
Let's expand on that, shall we? I go to sell my 2006 Pontiac, and just when I am ready to sign the papers, a lawyer comes up and demands payment on behalf of the UAW workers that helped put it together.
"For what?" I ask.
"Because there was intellectual property involved in the creation of that vehicle. You don't think that the worker who made that vehicle deserves to feed his great-grandchildren?"
Granted, this is about a 'tangible' item. But what about Garth Brooks? (he was a person who wanted royalties from used CD's)
How long before the corporations start lobbying congress to give them royalties from every used dvd that sells on ebay?
Now to draw the line between the two.
Yes, an author should get paid for a work, including royalties for each work sold.
No, the term should not be 75 years (or life +95 years). If he hasn't created any new works since the publishing of that work, then he needs to get a job or starve.
That is one of the problems with today's society, we have too many people sitting on their asses.
On the post: Danish Court Tells ISP To Block PirateBay
Corey strikes back....pitifully.
That's true, but copyright was never meant to last 75 years plus.
"There are people who making their living off of intellectual property."
That is also true, but copyrighted works should go into the public domain after a period of time, not go to support the orginal artists' children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.
My biggest question, why isn't there an industry-sanctioned site called 'The Movie Bay?' This would be the place where everybody could download works, and the 'industry' would get paid. And, if you seed a movie, the 'industry' gives you money back for helping them distribute the movie.
Make 'The Movie Bay' $15 a month, and of course NO DRM. Maybe add 'The TV Bay' and 'The Music Bay' as well.
How about it, Corey? Why doesn't the industry do this? They could make millions (billions) off of the consumer in this way, but they don't.
On the post: What Good Will A Swedish Lawsuit Against The Pirate Bay Do?
Go Corey!!! NOT!!!
The movie and music industries need a model where they offer their product at a reasonable price and without DRM. Scratch that, only the movie industry needs to do that now.
If the music industry had the copyright protection that they demanded, we wouldn't be seeing DRM-FREE MP3's for sale. (In fact, we probably wouldn't see any music on the internet except for Indie music.)
The music industry adapted, albeit a little late.
The movie industry, on the other hand, instead of pursuing a DRM-FREE Download model (and reasonable prices) has taken to suing anything/everything in sight. CinemaNow/Movielink was a joke, and so are the iTunes movie store and Amazon Unbox. As long as there is DRM on the video, I will not buy it, sorry.
The consumer is speaking, and the industry is not listening. NO DRM - So that I can move content that I have paid for to any device or stream it to any device from my computer. The only thing the industry is 'competing' with (in my eyes) right now is DRM-FREE, not FREE.
If an (industry-sponsored) movie site came online tomorrow, offering (recent) content at a fair price (if a movie sells for 19.99 in the store, then the download should be half that) WITHOUT DRM, then I would have my visa card out so fast that it would make your head spin, Corey.
"What you seem to ignore is this, even if they all adopt new business models and offer the free content you want (which is really what everyone complaining about the MPAA and RIAA want, its not about right),"
I don't want free, see above.
"Whether the movie and music industry need new business models is irrelevant to whether we need copyright protection (which we do), and your bringing it up in every blog you write makes it sound more like an excuse of a whiny little kid - like their lack of creating a new business model entitles you to steal."
No, it entitles me not to buy.
"If you don't like their product or what they charge, live without it."
I can live without the industry, can the industry live without me? Probably. Can the industry live without a million of me? They'll just call it piracy and try to get some legislation passed that demands that every consumer spend at least a hundred dollars a month on their product.
Can the industry live without ten million of me? How about a hundred million?
On the post: AP Looks At Piracy Around The World... Misses The Real Story
AP is just another IP company
People license their "wire services" for a fee, just like any other 'wire service" I.E. Reuters, AFP, API (just more alphabet soup.)
It's no surprise that they published the article, they are in the IP business after all.
On the post: Would You Buy A DVD Of A Show You Recorded?
Re: Buy a DVD of one already recorded?
So the supreme court was wrong in Sony V. Universal? People have been archiving their shows for 20 years, Legally.
When put into that perspective, all of your analogies are garbage. You sound like old-bald-head in charge of the MPAA. (Dan Glickman)
So the MPAA introduces the broadcast flag, with which YOU *mpaa stooge* can control the recordings that consumers make.
I wouldn't be suprised if some 'broadcast flag' recordings expire on the date that the dvd is released, FORCING you to buy the DVD.
My response to the MPAA and their 'DVD' scenario is this. I WILL record everything I can in HD (using non-broadcast flag equipment). I will BURN them to Non-DRM'ed formats. (minus the commercials of course).
I WILL NOT buy any more seasons of my favorite shows on DVD until the MPAA stops this broadcast flag nonsense (In essence turning all of your viewers into criminals.)
If, by some streak of providence, the MPAA sees the light and stops trying to lock down everything (I mean region codes, and all the restrictions they are trying to put on HD-DVD) I might start buying TV shows on DVD. Not until.
The MPAA gets the broadcast flag through congress? I have two non-broadcast flag compliant HD recorders. When those break, I will watch what I recorded until I get bored. When I get bored, I will read a book.
CBS - you want to pull all your HD programming? Go ahead, I have enough of your HD programming archived to last me until I get a good supply of books built up.
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