Re: droit de suite

On Tue, Apr 11, 2000, Marty Hayes <9ball[_at_]hostsite.net> wrote:
>
> [...]
> The discussion about losing access to works due to inability to
> find rightsholders, etc. was one that made suggestions on how to
> make the LAW more reasonable (at least in theory), not how to
> disregard the law.

Exactly. I certainly do not wish to disregard the law. In fact, I believe that passing silly laws such as the Bono Act or DMCA simply cause more people to disrespect the law. The consequence is that the media giants can say "the Internet is just a gigantic copying machine" and turn away from copyright toward licenses and encryption. And the consequences of that are bad for all of us, the public as well as the publishers.

This is a discussion about copyright issues. Too much of the development of copyright law has been in the hands of lawyers who represent publishers. We need to go back to reconsidering its philosophical foundations and devise better laws from which flow new creative expressions. It would be best to have the legislature do that after considering the interests of all citizens; if the legislature cannot do it then the courts must.

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