Improving Copyright’s Public Image
Bill Rosenblatt,
Scripting News,
Sept 04, 2014
This post summarizes a talk from Peter Menell addressing copyright's image problem head on."'My Generation' did not see copyright as an oppressive regime. We thrived in ignorant bliss well below copyright's enforcement radar and were inspired by content industry products. The situation could not be more different for adolescents, teenagers, college students, and netizens today." Quite right. Among the suggestions to fix this: a database of rights-holder information, different tiers of liability for individuals and corporations, clarification of fair use, and a compulsory licence and royalty payment. These are good proposals, but the opposition would come not so much from the public, but rather from copyright owners and publishers. Which is why copyright has an image problem.
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