Comments on: Syrian Musician: Please Protect My Rights http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/ Copyright Information Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Patrick Ross http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/#comment-19269 Patrick Ross Mon, 11 May 2009 18:49:19 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=427#comment-19269 Hi Rowena, Please feel free to share our work with the wider world. Just as I did when I worked at a non-profit think tank, we at this non-profit are seeking to educate with our writings, so the farther our work is spread the better. Of course, readers of our blog know we are simply exercising our copyrights in giving it away! I've asked a colleague to look into adding those feed links. Patrick Hi Rowena,

Please feel free to share our work with the wider world. Just as I did when I worked at a non-profit think tank, we at this non-profit are seeking to educate with our writings, so the farther our work is spread the better. Of course, readers of our blog know we are simply exercising our copyrights in giving it away!

I’ve asked a colleague to look into adding those feed links.

Patrick

]]> By: Rowena Cherry http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/#comment-19205 Rowena Cherry Sat, 09 May 2009 12:07:14 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=427#comment-19205 Thank you for sharing this story, Patrick. I notice that you don't appear to have the "Share" and "Add This" and RSS feeds on this blog. I think you ought to add them, because stories like this are important and fascinating. In my opinion, your blogs ought to be Stumbled Upon, and Digg(ed), and Reddit(ed), and reposted to Twitter and Facebook and MySpace etc. I just checked your privacy policy, and there's nothing that appears to bar anyone from Smak(ing) this blog. So, I have. Thank you for sharing this story, Patrick. I notice that you don’t appear to have the “Share” and “Add This” and RSS feeds on this blog. I think you ought to add them, because stories like this are important and fascinating.

In my opinion, your blogs ought to be Stumbled Upon, and Digg(ed), and Reddit(ed), and reposted to Twitter and Facebook and MySpace etc.

I just checked your privacy policy, and there’s nothing that appears to bar anyone from Smak(ing) this blog. So, I have.

]]> By: Neal http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/#comment-19162 Neal Thu, 07 May 2009 17:10:05 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=427#comment-19162 Define "properly managed". Define “properly managed”.

]]> By: George Riddick http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/#comment-19127 George Riddick Wed, 06 May 2009 18:03:24 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=427#comment-19127 Bravo, Patrick! My youngest son is 21 years old and is now doing volunteer work in an orphanage in Kenya. He told me many of the young children there had quite a bit of natural artistic talent. We had a very similar conversation to yours recently. Broadband Internet access, properly managed, can allow third world counties and developing economies to appear on the global stage almost instantaneously, but, if their artistic works are not protected, how can this truly help their standards of living over the long term or the survival of their unique and fascinating cultures? I remain hopeful that our new administration realizes the critical nature of this debate, its significance to global economic stability, growth, and prosperity, and that stealing others property (digtial or physical) will begin to have the severe consequences it deserves, both here in this country and abroad. Many of us are working hard to change some of the world's view on these issues, Lena. Please don't give up your faith ... or your creative contributions and spirit. George Riddick Chairman/CEO Imageine, Inc. Bravo, Patrick!

My youngest son is 21 years old and is now doing volunteer work in an orphanage in Kenya. He told me many of the young children there had quite a bit of natural artistic talent. We had a very similar conversation to yours recently.

Broadband Internet access, properly managed, can allow third world counties and developing economies to appear on the global stage almost instantaneously, but, if their artistic works are not protected, how can this truly help their standards of living over the long term or the survival of their unique and fascinating cultures?

I remain hopeful that our new administration realizes the critical nature of this debate, its significance to global economic stability, growth, and prosperity, and that stealing others property (digtial or physical) will begin to have the severe consequences it deserves, both here in this country and abroad.

Many of us are working hard to change some of the world’s view on these issues, Lena. Please don’t give up your faith … or your creative contributions and spirit.

George Riddick
Chairman/CEO
Imageine, Inc.

]]> By: alsma http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/05/syrian-musician-please-protect-my-rights/#comment-19126 alsma Wed, 06 May 2009 16:56:54 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=427#comment-19126 It is in Syria's interest to strongly enforce IP rights only when they become a net exporter of creative output. The USA clearly followed this pattern and it would be absurd for us to expect developing nations to act any differently than we did when we were similarly situated. The only way for strong IP enforcement to "create jobs and economic growth" in such countries is for enforcement to be selective, ignoring creative works from other countries. This would violate the treaties they have signed and draw your wrath as well. It is in Syria’s interest to strongly enforce IP rights only when they become a net exporter of creative output. The USA clearly followed this pattern and it would be absurd for us to expect developing nations to act any differently than we did when we were similarly situated. The only way for strong IP enforcement to “create jobs and economic growth” in such countries is for enforcement to be selective, ignoring creative works from other countries. This would violate the treaties they have signed and draw your wrath as well.

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