The End Of Copyright

[GONNAFISTYA]

Interesting Article

It may be bollocks but it's something to think about while burying your latest victim in your backyard.

...and something for that Nologic fagg0t in R&R to think about.

[Foo]

If democracy was functioning optimally in the western world today, I would be inclined to agree. However the massive flaws imposed by capitalism have written that one off.

I see the outbreak of major war happening before copyright is abolished.

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On June 27, 2005, the US Supreme Court decided to hold companies that make file-sharing software responsible for copyright infringements perpetrated by the software’s users. Everyone expected that they would rule as they did when Universal City Studios sued Sony over the Betamax in 1984: there were legitimate uses of the technology, and it shouldn't be held responsible simply because it can be used unlawfully. Instead, however, they ruled that file-sharing software actively encourages piracy and the makers should be held accountable.

The Supreme Court's action has done the exact opposite of what MGM and the other content distributors who brought the suit hoped it would. File-sharing software will become open-source and public domain. File-sharing will continue to grow ever more popular, but now there will be no one to sue. The Supreme Court's ruling hasn't even delayed the inevitable; it has actually brought it closer.

Hadn't thought of it like that but it's true, of course (Azureus and eMule come to mind). However, what is stopping corporations from suing the shit out of individual open-source developers? They're bound to be easier targets than Sharman Networks, say.

[Foo]

Also, that section of the article conveniently uses one of its own arguments against itself... It later goes on about how the laws will be changed due to public demand, but here it's demonstrating that actually, the direction of lawmakers is towards the corporation, not individual empowerment.