RE: [d@DCC] FTAA Treaty '"Threatens Freedom and Free Trade" (fwd)

From: Richard Pitt <richard _-at-_ belcarra.com>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: 26 Oct 2003 11:40:18 -0800
References: <000801c39bed$16853950$970a0a0a@Laptop2>

On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 10:15, Darryl Moore wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-discuss@digital-copyright.ca 
> > [mailto:owner-discuss@digital-copyright.ca] On Behalf Of Richard Pitt
> > Sent: October 22, 2003 12:48 PM
> > To: General Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [d@DCC] FTAA Treaty '"Threatens Freedom and Free 
> > Trade" (fwd)
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > If "publishing" (in the context of when the copyright act 
> > takes effect for a work) were to be defined only as that done 
> > without any rights management or extra contractual ties, then 
> > all works not so published would then become trade secrets 
> > (or something to that effect) and would lose (or never gain) 
> > the protection of the government via the copyright act and 
> > have to go after civil damages for individual transgressors.
> > 
> > The consequences to the "rights holders" might be 
> > interesting. They'd have to do their own enforcing instead of 
> > getting the government to help them for one.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > richard
> > 
> 
> I think this is a great idea. It would create a real cost for companies
> who employ rights management technology, and would demonstrate societies
> desire to help and protect creators who in turn value the public domain
> by ensuring that their works will someday get there. Like all great
> idea's I'm sure it wont go unpunished.
> 
> This would have the effect of stripping copyright from all current
> software not published complete with source code, as releasing only
> compiled code could easily be viewed as a form of rights management. It
> would be a boon to the open source movement, but the opposition from the
> likes of Microsoft would be fierce.

OK - so, how do we get this in front of the people who can make it
happen? I've circulated the concept here: 
http://richard.pacdat.net/DRM/social_contract.htm on my web site as well
as in two other sites I write for:
http://www.centa.com/CEN-TAPEDE/october21-2003.htm
and:
http://www.bannerline.net/editorials/october21-2003.htm

richard


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