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- Juvenall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Quick, someone mail this to Eric Bauman , Neil Bauman and Jason Martorana !
- IceUck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I think the biggest myth is that average people care about copyright issues anymore.
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And because of that, I can't respect it."
People *should* care about it, because it's the law. I hear a lot of peole saying things today like "He's not *my* president!"
Yes, he is. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't make it apply to you any less. The prisons are full of people who haven't figured that out.
Either work to change a law you don't agree with, or abide by it. Simply ignoring it is dumb. - ArthurSucks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Old, but very good read. It surprises me how much people don't know in this day.
- penguinboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good one thebra ;)
- Jaymoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I find it quite odd that there are a ton of "Burn Copy Protected DVDs" Google ads all over the page...
o.O - nogami, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think the biggest myth is that average people care about copyright issues anymore. I'd be more inclined to respect copyrights if they were a little more reasonable (say, 20 years max). At the current stage of "life + forever and a day", you know it's not about any sort of fair use or eventual release into public domain, but all about milking every last cent of possible profit out...
And because of that, I can't respect it. - angelschambers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1BTW, Here's the answer to the question that everyone wants to know... can you copyright an idea? The answer is yes, and no. If you can draw up the schematics to the idea to such a degree that it can be created just by reading those schematics... those schematics can be copyrighted! I searched a long time for that, hope it helps.
Also, I have a friend in the music industry who can vouche for this... if you send mail (from yourself to your personal address) with a manuscript, poetry, cd, etc. it can be used as a substitue in a court of law for an actual copyright because the (unopened) mail will prove the date of your material with the actual postal stamp. But don't take my word for it, look it up. - binarymayhem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1other intresting reads...
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-versus-community.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html - firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The facts from this article drives me ***** nuts. It seems you can't use anything today. Someone will probably copyright your finger and still get away with it.
No wonder why anti-RIAA people don't give a damn anymore. Shouldn't we be a little left about this? - saerrek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2RIAA propaganda
- FreyrVanir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More copyright stuff. It's more along the line of fixing copyright tho.
http://www.digg.com/music/FreeCulture.org:_An_international_student_movement_for_free_culture_ - tidejwe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Props to firehydra2k about why people don't care anymore. . . I'm also very sick of reading this same thing over and over again. reported as a dupe...also, read the DIGG about copyright eventually going away...it's inevitable, get over it...
- FreyrVanir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0rupurt everything is auto copyrighted now. Copyright use to only last 14 years max now its life of the owner + 97 years. Copyright was meant to only last a limited time, life+97 years is not what I would call limited. Any work made this year would not fall into the public domain till 2103 at the earliest. Copyright,patent, and trademark law are destroying our history and heritage for current and future generations.
sinfony by making a backup copy you are braking the law. DVD are encrypted and by braking/getting around the encryption you are viloating the DMCA.
Also don't use the term intellectual property. There is no such term in the law. Business like to use it to sound like they have more right then is granted by law. IP groups Copyright,patent, and trademark together even tho they have little to nothing in common.
http://aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/TWiT0027H.mp3 - penguinboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old, but great article. There are too many people out there that think they can copy whatever they like, and distribute it however they like. As a web publisher myself, I know how frustrating it is to find your material published on a forum somewhere.
- sinfony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually, you have all kinds of rights in how you use and view popular media. For instance, just yesterday, I bought a DVD and then watched it. What the hell else do you want to do with it? You can still make a backup copy for yourself if you're afraid of losing it.
- siouxmoux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Filesharing: The Facts and the Myths yada yada yada no its another digg dupe.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1054 - Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Drives me nuts to read an article like this explaining how basically the public has no rights in how we can use or view popular media, while the publisher gets every consideration under the law.
I'd rather read an article on how our congressmen spent the hundreds of millions of Disney lobbyist's money to extend copyright law from 7 years to 100+ years. - neondiet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
So every time someone posts the text of a news article on Slashdot to get around the need to have a registered account on the news site, they're actually breaching copyright. The NY times seems to be a particular favourite for this. I wonder if they decided to sue whether they would go after Slashdot, or the individual who posted the offending text. Hmmm ..... - Banshie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I may have this wrong but he states in the article that you can not place something in the public domain for non commercial use.
What about freeware? and the the GNU license you still retain copyright? i have seen some sites who say that you can only download from this source.
Also can you copyright your self? - ArthurSucks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks celticeric. The truth is in the next 5-10 years I plan on moving up there. As a photographer I should know that stuff too.
- celticeric, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For anyone who's curious, here's the scoop on copyright for Canadians:
http://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/faq_cp-e.html - Drood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you don't charge, while it is still violation, it's VERY hard for you to be found guilty of anything. I remember back in the days of FAST (Federation Against Software Theft), if you weren't making money off of it, they had a very hard time doing anything other than wagging their finger at you.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I posted this over 5 months ago.
http://digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_about_copyright_explained_3 - Elite7Christian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, four exact same links and you still post the article.
- curtissthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow this has been posted 4 times, and hit the homepage everytime, the same url, the same title, the whole shebang, over the past year! I was about to submit it just to see if anyone had, because I saw it on Google and it looked very familiar, when I just submitted the link, four homepage stories jumped up evenly spaced over the past year, only one original story the rest dupes, and none buried!
Original story: http://digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_about_copyright_explained
Dupe #1: http://digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_about_copyright_explained_2
Dupe #2: http://digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_about_copyright_explained_3
Dupe #3(This page!): http://digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_About_Copyright_Explained_4 - Turtle502, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We actually got an email at work that says if we get an electronic subscription to a magazine, we can't print it and share it. But I can buy a magazine and give it to anybody else? Go figure.
Good read but no digg. - FreyrVanir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Odds are they would file a JON DOE subpoena against slashdot to get the info on the person that posted the comment. Get a IP address and then subpoena the persons ISP to get the persons info. File a 2 billion lawsuit and settle out of court 5 months to the tune of 50k, which will then make the person file for bankruptcy.
- olorinpc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yes, it becomes property of the site that it is posted on.
(ie - a lot of major forums have small print somewhere that stats "all posts become property of blah blah blah" - rupurt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i think copyright is a good thing e.g i create something like a piece of software and i want to sell it to make a living, it will give me some protection. But i think lifetime + 97 years is rediculous!!! i mean 10 years would be sufficient. thing get replaced all the time so why cant it become public domain. i guess it jus goes to show how greedy the world is :(
- rupurt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so does this mean a work is copyrighted straight away? i.e you dont have to pay for copyright? i always assumed you would have to pay for that right
- lokai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0To me, this web page reads more as "inaccurate information and misconceptions of copyright law". If your work is not registered with the United States Copyright Office, tough luck defending your intellectual property legally.
- lordfoul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0 This info is somewhat outdated.
- zbeast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ya, ya the thing gets dug again.
Copy-write, right or wrong I don't care.
I say fare use all other stuff be dammed. - stalgia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What if there is a messageboard full of anonymous posters and you take that material from the site? Is it copyrighted? Keep in mind it is anonymous user writing/reviews (text only) and not user registered data.
- Dogmatix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0To those that don't like the implications of the article: tough! Either produce your own intellectual property or suffer the consequences. If someone pinched your iPod you would be horrified. Perhaps your not as smart or creative as you thought.
The (m)Y generation: such pathetic creatures. - smartguy2045, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Oops. Copied the wrong thing. 28 days ago, digg.com/links/10_Big_Myths_about_copyright_explained
- h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0initial said "Why post links to other locations on the site? Especially the same
story? So, its getting more diggs this time around, more publicity.
Good. You act like a front page story is worth a million in gold and
that you shouldn't submit something that someone else already did.
What's the crime here, honestly?"
1. Digg has a search function.
2. If I want to find a story that's already been posted, I'll go to point #1.
3. It's a waste of space to line the front page with stories that are months/years old when new ones come out all the time. - TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Oh my god. How many times must this be on Digg in a lifetime? 1000? 1001?
- h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Common sense, lame.
- aliendave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+011.
- smartguy2045, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
- Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0This is a good article even though some of the things on the list are kind of "duh". Though it doesn't suprise me people would believe them.
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--------------= - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0yeah, i'd agree this is very old. I'm a 14-year-old high school freshman and my Computer Science teachers showed the class this one day.
- keswick, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0This guy is a tool, and his ugly mug is artifacted to hell and back-- but that's probably a good thing.
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