Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 09:32:49 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 07:10 AM 3/6/2001, Victor R. Cardona wrote: >It won't be for long if copyright owners have their way. Or if the likes of Stallman have their way! The reason why content distributors are lobbying to limit or eliminate fair use is that their opponents are going to the other extreme. This is the tragedy of having a war rather than adjusting the old balance to account for new developments. The old compromise goes out the window as soon as there's a declaration of war. From that point on, it's no holds barred. Fair use has always been a compromise. It allows some uses, and some enjoyment of the material, that authors really should be paid for but aren't. The authors are willing to forego that payment it because it's infeasible (and ridiculously invasive) to enforce copyright at that level. However, they're willing to give up that revenue so long as there's a good guarantee of enforcement of their rights in other areas. This is reasonable and fair. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00>