Looking Back At Copyright Predictions 148
Techdirt has an interesting look back at some of the more interesting predictions on copyright. The article looks at two different pre-DMCA papers and compares them to what has happened in the world of copyright. "The second paper is by Pamela Samuelson, and it discusses (again, quite accurately) the coming power grab by "copyright maximalists" via the DMCA, entitled The Copyright Grab. It clearly saw the intention of the DMCA to remove user rights, and grant highly questionable additional rights and powers to copyright holders in an online world. Samuelson lays out many concerns about where this is headed -- including how these proposals appear to trample certain fair use rights -- and in retrospect, her fears seem to have been backed up by history. Samuelson, by the way, has just written a new paper that is also worth reading pointing out how ridiculous current copyright statutory rates are -- an issue of key importance in the ongoing Tenebaum lawsuit, which (thankfully) the judge in the case is going to consider."
Re:Need to make it clear (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (Score:3, Funny)
Copyright infringement? This clearly applies to all acts of piracy, both on and off sea!
Re:Copyright Law (Score:2, Funny)
There is a saying about how you don't change Washington, it changes you.
So then in Soviet Russia, do you change Soviet Russia?
Re:Need to make it clear (Score:1, Funny)
Get out while you still can ;)