arstechnica.com — The CCIA has already filed an FTC complaint alleging that sports leagues and publishers are misleading the public with their copyright notices. Now, the group launches a site called Defend Fair Use to, well, defend fair use.
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tizz66Aug 29, 2007
Why can't you have a htaccess that allows the charity site access to hotlinking but no-one else...?
kayman2kAug 29, 2007
Here are two stories, in order of appearance, which made the front page today. Timing is everything. - Microsoft Ceases AutoPatcher Project - Google, Microsoft-backed group ready to Defend Fair Use LOLz
spydermannAug 29, 2007
It's called "betting against your team". If they lose one, they win the other one.
andinAug 30, 2007
That's exactly what we need to do -- educate the masses. I don't have a problem with people using my work for the things that Fair Use allows. Wanna quote one of my stories or essays in a research paper? I'd be flattered! Wanna do a parody of one of my CG images? I'll laugh. Steal my stuff, or hotlink and pass it off as your own, though, and I get annoyed, because I worked really hard on it. Imagine spending a couple of weeks or months working on a project at work only to have one of your coworkers pass it off as his own to your boss. Even if he says, "Oh, so-and-so helped, too," it still pisses you off.DMCA is flawed because it puts the onus on content creators to ferret out violations and then try to get people to take things down. RIAA is wrong because it files suits against people without the copyright holder's permission. DRM isn't going to work because geeks love puzzles and break it easily. The only way to come to a solution that will satisfy both sides is to get the masses to understand why copyright is important, how it benefits both them and content creators, and what things fair use really allows. When piracy becomes less rampant, content creators won't have to be so draconian about not allowing anything in the hopes of only having a little stuff stolen.
andinAug 30, 2007
How did I distort anything?And infringement is theft.
andinAug 30, 2007
One guy who downloaded all my images apologized when I talked to him about it. He didn't realize that it was copyright infringement. He deleted all the images from his computer and added a link to my website to his favorites instead -- which means he gets to see new images, articles, and stories when I add them, too. He was really nice about it.But none of the hotlinkers have been cooperative at all. They ignore me until I change the image to one that just includes the URL to the page on my site that contains the image, encourages people to go there to see it, and asks them to support independent artists by not violating our copyrights or stealing our bandwidth. They usually remove the hotlink within 24 hours of that.TBH, if those people had asked me first, I probably would have let them use the images for free, as long as they included a link to my site. For me, it's less about money (probably why I definitely qualify as a starving artist at this point -- I hate asking people for money ) than it is about having a right to decide how my work will be used. There are certain kinds of sites that I don't want it on, because I don't support those things. That's why I ask people to request permission, so I can check the site they want to use it on and make sure it's something I want to support.So, really, I'm not looking for remuneration. I'm looking for people to respect the time and effort I spend creating these things enough to ask permission to use them -- and to accept it if I say no. If they want to support me financially, I'd rather they buy something from my online store. Then they get a t-shirt or poster or something they can use, too.
wileepeyoteAug 30, 2007
The link you provided is the interpetation of one person, not the Canadian courts. I would say you would have a tough time in court over this, so if ya get caught better get a good lawyer and hope the other side doesn't have a good lawyer.