Posts by Mark Harris
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But they're still on display, second star on the right and straight on till morning.
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I also withdraw my comment about Smith and the burgers. I agree, he did not specifically mention that Bic Runga was flipping burgers, and I apologise for any offense my comment may have caused.
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Stick to the facts, that's not too much to ask is it?
hahahahahahahahahahahaha...oh, dear. <wipes eyes>
No. No, it's not, robbery. Thanks for coming to that realisation. I look forward to an enhanced debate :-)
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And I've clearly explained above why I'm very interested in hearing Mr Smith adequately explain his position. When a lawyer shows that type of disrespect for basic legal principles then he must expect to be called on it.
I didn't know Smith was, but I've said the same of Hocquard
It's very strange.
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But if you believe that it is bad, then "it's happening lots" doesn't seem to me to be the best argument for changing the law.
It was why they got rid of prohibition, because it didn't work.
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You didn't notice how you claimed it wasn't from a free market ideological position, but then the rest of the paragraph was straight out of free market 101?
Actually, it was based on 2 decades in public service administering subsidies, but please don't let the facts get in your way.
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copyright does seem to be primarily about sociotechnical and economic forces than cultural ones.
Copyright, under anglo-saxon derived common law is purely an economic mechanism, not a cultural mechanism.
Convenient distinction, but so long as you want to think this thing whole, as it where, you need to account for cultural meaning and value.
Please point me at any part of the Copyright Act 1994 that deals with the cultural issues you're raisin.
Perhaps this is why we're talking past each other. I'm talking about copyright as it is, as an economic mechanism, why it's broken, what the future holds for it as a source of revenue etc.
You appear to be talking about the social issue of artists being cared for and rewarded.
These aren't the same things. In fact, you're actually asking for something much more radical than I am, as copyright under common law has always been about publishers. You seem to be looking more at the (initially) French model of droit d'auteur which is enshrined in the Berne Convention, and is more about control. While NZ is part of Berne, that only requires us to honour other countries' copyright claims, whether their lagislation is the same as ours or not (usually, there are slight differences such as fair dealing/fair use).
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I'm going to run with the line that you're not being sarcastic.
Definitely not. It's a perspective I haven't considered before. It needs some thought before taking a position.
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"The best" - in that context, the most successful
Revision: the most commercially successful
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"The best" - in that context, the most successful
"Slight" enhancement?!? ;-)
I apologise if the word offended. I claim passion for the cause in my defense. "Static" would probably be a better word to use, as in "not growing". And I agree, it is a silly word.Thanks.