Posted by AnthonyR on 11/15/05 04:14

"bo peep" <cowartmisc1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132003272.195290.58980@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> <<What I believe is happening is that copyright holders want it both
> ways. They want to benefit from widespread exposure. Then they want to
> assert the right to not expose their work.>>
>
> One key fact is that the copyright holder still *does* have the right
> to decide to expose and sell their product efficiently, inefficiently,
> or not at all. You, on the other hand, have NO rights to that product
> or that decision. You have NO right to decide how the product should be
> exposed or distributed. And you certainly don't have the right to
> independently override that copyright holder's decision once it has
> been made.
>
> A real life example is http://www.stephenking.com/darktower.pdf where
> Stephen King has elected to expose the first 8 pages of his latest
> novel, evidently in hopes of pursuading people to purchase the entire
> book. You would obviously not have the right to independently set up
> your own website containing the entire book, without Stephen King's
> permission. You didn't help him write that book...
>
> If you don't like the way that the copyright laws work, then you should
> be trying to pursuade your legislators to change those laws. Perhaps a
> shorter lifetime for copyrights would be a solution.
>
> John Cowart
>

John,
You are correct about no one having the right to decide but the copyright
holder
but realistically how will these laws be enforced?
We currently have illegal drug laws also, yet do people still buy sell and
use illegal drugs?
Aren't prisons over flowing with drug crimes? Like prohibition, if laws are
hard to enforce because
the public doesn't respect them, then authorities have a tough time
enforcing them.

That is why I believe the industry failed in being fast to the table with
legal online music and caused
people to get used to free online downloads, somethings are hard to reverse
once the cat has been let out of the bag.

But I definitely agree with you about the legality.

AnthonyR.

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