Yesterday’s column about one congressman’s efforts to restore some balance in the intellectual property arena brought lots of e-mail and further ideas.
will meet it, Mr Franklin. I really think this “library” idea of
yours is something better left to the private sector, Mr Franklin.
No author could possibly want his books read for free, sir. Are
you trying to starve the creative artist?
stations have dropped off the Web due to demands for large royalty
payments by the RIAA.” See the following links:
types of criminal copyright infringement from two years to ten! People caught would be those copying copyrighted software or MP3s, whether
for commercial purposes or for friends. Anything that exceeds “fair dealing”
(in US called “fair use”) exemptions allowing excerpting of small proportion
for purposes of review or private study (but NOT education, as is the case
in US).”