Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran...
by pendenthistory on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @12:49AM
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>Copy rights were to help creators earn return on their creation. Today copy rights extend far beyond the natural life of the creator and are constantly being extended to favor corporations/owners, at the expense of the commons.
Just playing devils advocate: if most copyright nowadays belong to corporations, and corporations are immortal entities, perhaps eternal copyright makes sense? Not saying that's a good thing.
Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran...
by tincholio on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:32AM
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> Packet sniffing was created for the AAs
I'm pretty sure tcpdump predates Napster and any involvement of the AAs in the workings of the Internet...
Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran...
by intended on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @06:07AM
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Nope - as I recall that was the ISPs defense “we don’t know what people are sharing since we can’t look into packets”
However - Have people (on HN) forgotten how the content companies enforce copy right ? The RiAa/MPAA?
Copy rights were to help creators earn return on their creation. Today copy rights extend far beyond the natural life of the creator and are constantly being extended to favor corporations/owners, at the expense of the commons.
The lotr will never enter the public domain. And Disney is one of the greatest problems in this field. (And now they own Fox!)
Packet sniffing was created for the *AAs. Massive invasions of privacy and the initial subversion of the internet traces to their doorstep.
Copy right was one of the first fights of the collective group of people who landed up on /. And HN