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Copyright Is A Cultural Disaster Of Incredible Proportions

submitted by marinara

1 decade 5 years 7 months ago

7 Comments

*long

This video has been flagged as being at least 10 minutes in length - declared long by Deano.

Very good talk that anyone interested in copyright should read.

HollywoodBob says...

Copyright was developed to give content creators (at the time authors) time to profit from their works. Over the years corporate greed has twisted it into the monster that it is.

SaNdMaN says...

Why does he speak with a mix of American and British accents?

Great sift, but the title misrepresents the talk a bit. It should rather read

The current state of copyright law is a cultural disaster of incredible proportions

The speaker makes it perfectly clear that he isn't against copyright per se.

Ya, hoping for a reform in the land of IP for the arts isn't unfounded now that most of the people from the RIAA and MPAA are part of this administration. His wager to place his optimism in science and not the arts is a credit to his insight and intelligence

I do like the way this guy speaks, pretty up front and bold...even venturing into some non-PC analogies...which I like

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