On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Jeffrey Watts jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com wrote: ...
... Those people might not have aspirations of selling millions of CDs or lots of lithographs, but that doesn't mean that someone else should steal their labor and mass market it at their expense. It's THEIR WORK.
So, uh, that means they should be able to just squander it? Meanwhile other people who independantly make something similar are either out of luck if they do want to sell it? It's THEIR WORK after all...
This kind of bullshit bill basically says that your work is not yours unless you pay a fee to someone else who has the right to charge that fee because they paid off a legislator.
No. It basically says, if you have a *reason* to want copyright, you can have it. It says that if you actually don't want people infringing on your rights, they will be able to avoid it or contact you to negotiate licensing.
Basically, if we went with your idea we'd start living in a world where you need to pay someone to register all of the stuff in your house.
Wrong. Once this bill is passed, you will be able to safely derive from the works of others without wondering if they indended it to be "public domain" or if they wanted to control it. No more confusion, just type it's UPC/product name/fccid, hit enter, and know.
This legislation has nothing to do with your belongings, and in no way promotes burglary
registry that will only benefit the registry companies.
... and copyright holders ... and American citizens...