Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:50:41 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UCITA (Important) Message-ID: <20000121135041.A4833@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212130110.32187-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:34:03PM %2B0000 References: <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212130110.32187-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:34:03PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Is there any way that this law has positives, such as reducing piracy, > or seeing to it that authors can compensation for their work? I seriously doubt any will ever have real impact on piracy unless it were something like shooting prirates. That wouldn't be on the books for long since _everyone_ has certaintly violated the _letter_ of copyright law at sometime or another. > For example, supposed i write a textbook and only 1,000 copies sell > because now they an be re-sold as used. Doesn't this hurt my > profits? Also, when i can buy a CD, burn a copy, and sell it at the > used CD store, where they may be done an indefinite number of times, > doesn't that only hurt the artist, who makes a living only off that > first copy? I just don't see how authors and musicians and even > programmers stay alive.... In the case of the textbook, that's the way it's always been, you just don't write books with audiences that small unless you don't want the profit or the book is so important you can charge what it cost you to write. As for the CD, that's already illegal. It's pretty much been illegal as long as there has been copyright. After all, that's what copyright is about. We don't need this idiotic legislation here. It certaintly won't help and anyone who isn't a major shareholder at M$ should be able to see just how bad it will hurt. -- Brooks -- "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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