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April 29, 2004
Copyfight Quote of the Week
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Okay, so the week isn't over yet. Neverthless, I'm making a plug for the following quote by Benjamin Kaplan in his 1967 book, An Unhurried View of Copyright, which I discovered @ copyfighter (PDF) Kim Weatherall's weblog:
"It is evident that as rights are strengthened, they need run, and can be endured, only for a correspondingly shorter period. So, if copyright proprietors are given really comprehensive rights to prevent uses of their works in computers, it will, I am sure, ultimately become plain to everyone that the copyright period must be cut very short."
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1. joe on April 29, 2004 8:00 PM writes...
Here's one for a future edition of the Copyfighter quote of the week:
"Always put 'property' in quotes... don't give it to them." --Rick Prelinger, Archivist
http://archive.org/movies
Permalink to Comment2. Crosbie Fitch on April 30, 2004 6:19 AM writes...
Frankly, I say "Bring it on!".
The more restrictive copyright becomes and the more viciously it is enforced, the sooner there will be a wholesale migration of artists (and consequently, audiences) away from using it.
It'll be like "Is this food organic? Or is it riddled with nasty chemicals?"
More and more artists are beginning to realise that it is better to exhibit their wares openly, and warmly invite their audiences to the marketplace - as opposed to using threats, presumption of criminal tendency, and litigation.
Copyrighted art will soon come to be known as 'that which leaves a bad taste in the mouth'.
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