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Re: Copyright/Fair use question
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Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:29:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> My objection to excessive worrying over copyrights has to do with stuff that
> is just bloody stupid. Case in point: I have heard that there are music CDs
> that will not play in computer drives. If I ever bought such a disk without
> warning that it was thusly limited, I would find a way to defeat the
> protection (thanks Philips!) and return the product as unusable. How are we
> supposed to get rid of TVs, stereos, and telephones and move towards
> convergent hardware if media becomes hardware specific? What ever happened
> to my right to make a backup copy? What ever happened to my right to listen
> to something on the hardware of my choosing?
While I agree with you on the value of convergent media, I don't know that
one's "right to listen to something on the hardware of [his] choosing" is
really the crux of it. That is, you're welcome to listen to your Maurice
Chevalier 78's on your DVD player, but it won't do you much good. The same
with a "computer-proof" CD; it's not designed to play in a CD-Rom drive
(more correctly, it's designed *not* to play in a CD-Rom drive). I'm not
sure that the intent of design is even that relevant--what about the
manufacturer's "right" to sell a product compatible with only one type of
hardware? It might not be economically smart in the long run, but isn't it
their "right?"
Dave!
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| (...) Like DVD region issues? Yikes! Talk about shooting themselves in the foot... I go with the book license as suggested by Frank -- I own a copy of a thing, how I use it is up to me. If I own the song on vinyl -- I can dupe it to CD or MP3. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| More quibbling over the details... (...) I disagree with this view -- you are basically asserting that gatekeepers are not only here to stay but will somehow increase in their cultural value. The reality is that it takes a lot of work to discover to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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