Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Patrick Ross
If you have actually read the first four posts of this series and have made it to this one, I feel you deserve some kind of formal recognition. But you know, we live in a society of sensitive self-esteem where everyone gets awards, medals, accommodations, etc. We’re all special. So I know you wouldn’t actually [...]
Posted in capitol hill, copyright law, copyright opponents, creators, economy, licensing, market forces, piracy, property rights | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Patrick Ross
Still plugging away at these copyright myths, but only four to go, two of them below. In the first post I addressed the canard that copyright stifles artists and that the purchaser of a work is the one with controlling rights. In the second I focused on the myth that copyright stifles innovation and addressed [...]
Posted in blogging, copyright law, copyright opponents, creators, economy, founding fathers, licensing, market forces, piracy, property rights | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Patrick Ross
You’re still with me? Remarkable. Okay, this is the third installment of my critique of common myths regarding copyright. In the first installment I focused on the canard that copyright stifles artists and that the purchaser of a work is the one with controlling rights. In the second I tackled the myth that copyright stifles [...]
Posted in blogging, copyright law, copyright opponents, creators, economy, licensing, market forces, piracy, property rights | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Patrick Ross
With this post I continue my five-part series on ten myths surrounding copyright. I have tilted at these canards for years, and now I’m trying to compile those critiques into one series. In the first post I addressed the false notion of copyright suppressing artists and the false claims of rights by some creative works [...]
Posted in blogging, copyright law, copyright opponents, creators, drm, fair use, licensing, market forces, piracy, property rights | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Patrick Ross
In this five-part series I will be channeling Ebenezer Scrooge, and sharing my inner crankiness with those willing to read past this sentence. In the years in which I’ve been promoting the rights of artists, creators and copyright owners, I have repeatedly heard tired canards that too often go unchallenged. I have challenged them in [...]
Posted in blogging, copyright law, copyright opponents, creators, fair use, licensing, market forces, p2p, piracy, property rights | 10 Comments »
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