Dr Caleb
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:05 pm
Good for you, on becoming a published author Brent. But once I buy your book, do I own it? (not the contents, but the book itself) Do I have a right to resell, or give it away?<br />
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Well according to the RIAA, Sony, MGM etc, when I buy a CD, DVD or the like, I do not. I have the right to use it, but I don't have the right to resell or give it away. So, they have legislated away my rights to my chattel under the pretense of 'free enterprise'. AKA: 'Artificial Market Shortage'<br />
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For thousands of years, performers and artists earned a living through performance and creativity. Now big corporations earn a living through litigation. Try to make a movie of any of Grimm's fairy tales, and see how long it takes Disney to sue your ass - for what was public domain. Does Jimi Hendrix's sister have the right to make a good living off her late brothers work? Does her children, and theirs?<br />
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The DMCA even prevents people from *talking* about digital copyright and ways to dispense with it.<br />
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No wonder there is no creativity anymore.
Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? - Frank Zappa