Posts by Mark Harris
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Well clearly that's changing somewhat.
ISPs have asked for this before, but have been denied. Nothing has changed. Perhaps you could elucidate your statement.
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But there's no principle in our society that says that provision of a service separates you from any responsibility at all for how that service is used. In some instances that's the case, in some it's not.
It's called 'common carrier status'- telcos have it, ISPs do not.
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Good vent, Russ.
What I don't get is that there _have_ to be some people in the music industry who get the net, on sheer weight of numbers. Why do they make it so hard for themselves, and us?
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They are actually providing a means to download music and profiting from those who choose to do so
And the music industry still can't get its collective head around monetizing the Internet?
Oy vey.
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buh-bye
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I'd be wiling to bet that within 50 years unlimited rights to these sorts of end result type properties (as compared to the ideas that were used to create them) in the recording industry will be law.
Sadly, I suspect you'd win the bet. I think society will be poorer for it. It's not all about money.
The ideas will eventually go into the public domain, but the things created with those ideas will not.
On this I think you are wrong, as they've marched in lockstep till now, and will continue to do so. Those, too, will be locked away.
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See the other thread for anything I have to say about copyright != property
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Maybe car rental company would be a better example.
I pay the district and regional councils for my water (via rates). Are they responsible if I drown someone? I don't think so.
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What Russell said, but he types quicker
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You've yet to successfully argue why that's not the case and why that right should expire unlike a house. Why should that owner have to lock it away?
You only have a right to control based on the requirement that it's a limited right, and that the expression of the idea will pass into the public domain at a future time. That's the situation as it stands. I don't have to prove anything.
On the other hand, YOU have yet to demonstrate why that part of the law should be changed.