Donna,<br>
thanks for continuing to provide links to important and interesting articles about copyright<br>
Graeme Philipson is more extreme than Lawrence Lessig, <a href="http://www.lessig.org/">http://www.lessig.org/</a><br>
Philipson advocates no copyright, that it has outlived it's usefulness<br>
Lessig advocates a balance b/w the protection of the rights of
the creator and the needs of new creators down the track being able to
offer new interpretations of existing materials<br>
However, both agree that the situation that has developed in the USA is extremely bad for creativity<br>
Philipson warns in the free trade article that the US will attempt to impose its views onto Australian law<br>
Short extract from one of Philipson's articles:<br>
[quote]<br>
<p>... When copyright laws
were first invented, copyright was granted for 14 years. Over the
course of the 20th century this period was extended to 50 years
after a writer's death. In 1998 the US Congress extended the period
to 70 years at the instigation of the music and publishing
industries.</p>
<p>That's just one example of copyright being used to protect the
monopolistic income streams of the industry, rather than the
interests of the artist or consumer. The adverse effects will be
felt in any industry that relies on the free flow of information.
This, of course, includes the software industry, which relies on
sharing knowledge to ensure progress.</p>
[/quote]<br>
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-- <br>
Bill Kerr<br>
<a href="http://billkerr.blogspot.com/">http://billkerr.blogspot.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/kerrbi/index.htm">http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/kerrbi/index.htm</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/7/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Donna Benjamin</b> <
<a href="mailto:donna@cc.com.au">donna@cc.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Coupla nice articles in The Age recently...
<br>Free trade, the new con trick<br>By Graeme Philipson - June 7, 2005<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/8pwzh">http://tinyurl.com/8pwzh</a><br><br>Copyright an aberration with a limited future<br>By Graeme Philipson - May 17, 2005
<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/8zmrp">http://tinyurl.com/8zmrp</a><br><br>hmmm - where'd my signature go?<br><br>donna benjamin - executive director<br><a href="http://www.creativecontingencies.com">http://www.creativecontingencies.com
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