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Posted by Christopher Campbell on 12/08/06 18:28
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 01:13:05 -0800, Colin B wrote
(in article <4573e69e$1@clear.net.nz>):
> Now that it's easy to put your digital photographs and movies on to a video
> sharing site, such as "youtube", the question of whether copyright
> infringements really harm the copyright holders is now a hot topic. See, for
> example, the article titled:
>
> Youtube copyright infringements are not all bad for the copyright holders?
>
> http://fredhere.blogspot.com/
>
> What do you think of the arguments in this blog? Should copyright holders
> take a broad view and tolerate copyright infringements on youtube as is
> suggested in this blog?
>
> See also the youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/
I might find all kinds of arguments about why I am entitled to use your car,
or even why it might be a benefit to you for me to use your car. But I
suspect that if I took your car without asking you or paying for it, you
could still have me arrested. Sure, I might claim "fair use" by only using
the car for a little while and while you were not using it but, selfish and
unreasonable person that you are, you probably would think I was simply
stealing your car. No matter how beneficial to you it might be for me to
steal your car, you probably would insist that the decision be left up to
you, not to me.
It is disingenuous to steal intellectual property and then rationalize it by
insisting it was a benefit to the property owner. The fact remains: you took
something that belonged to somebody else and used it for your own benefit
without the owner's permission. All the rationalization in the world does not
change that fact. Some property owners might allow the use of their property
on YouTube. Others might not value the so-called 'benefits' as greatly. Their
circumstances or the nature of their property might be different. The
decision should be theirs, not left to a bunch of covetous juveniles on
YouTube whose only interest is getting something for nothing.
It should be up to the owners of intellectual property to decide who gets to
use that property and under what conditions. Thieves should not be the ones
who make up the rules about using intellectual property.
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