tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post194115155540457247..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Canada, Israel, DMCA and SovereigntyHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-39181430261648093392007-12-16T02:30:00.000-05:002007-12-16T02:30:00.000-05:00Survival not at stake? Read through this flyer:htt...Survival not at stake? Read through this flyer:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Wake_up_Canada(REV).pdf" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Wake_up_Canada(REV).pdf</A><BR/>[2.1 MB]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-91576777809741898382007-12-11T03:12:00.000-05:002007-12-11T03:12:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree more. Ignoring the more obvious D...I couldn't agree more. Ignoring the more obvious DMCA criticisms as they relate to the Canadian public's property, privacy, and fair dealing, it is not even in the interest of *Canadian content producers* to preserve the status quo. iTunes is just one solution to current copyright "problems." We should be encouraging Canadian artists to capitalize on technology, and even embrace it as the paper on which advertisements are written. We are entering a media renaissance of living, local, human media. Read-only media is leaving the stage. The LAST thing we should be doing is codifying the death threats of a stagnating business model into our national morality. We should be feeding our national soul, not selling it. All the world is a stage, and the Internet is the biggest stage yet. Let's not let the butterflies in our stomachs discourage us... Just think of it as Living television, with picture in picture in picture in picture in picture... This is a struggle against the one-way current of broadcast media. Expanding fair dealing will create new patterns that people will pay for, only assuming they can use it in their own next stage act... We have to come to terms with this trend and give up the right to silence other peoples' voices if we are going to move forward together.<BR/><BR/>I could go on...<BR/><BR/>So I will. :D<BR/><BR/>We should be withdrawing copyrights' ability to control non-commercial uses, which only serve to impede criticism and innovation/competition. Living with other people is about letting them have their own opinions as long as they aren't trying to force them down your throat. Welcome to the world... I'm very pleased to meet you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com