I know copyright laws aren’t exactly exciting fodder for discussion, but it fascinates me to no end. To that end, I’m linking to this page from Michael Geist, which features to Realaudio interviews; one from the CRIA and one from the guy himself. While the question of copyright law itself kind of gets blushed out a bit, it is a very interesting discussion nonetheless.
The main point, the one that is inescapable: people don’t pay for digital music downloads because paid digital downloads suck, and destroying the balance of copyright and fair use is not a good way to remedy the situation.
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[…] I know that it’s a bit odd for me to ignore a political story regarding possible copyright infringement given how frequently I talk about it here , but I’ve been staying away from Tories in breech of copyright story deliberately… however, a talk with a fellow blogger angried up my blood a bit, so I feel that it’s time. The television ads, which began airing Monday, use footage from last fall’s Liberal leadership debates to deliver the message that the new Grit leader is weak, indecisive and an environmental failure. But that footage belongs to a consortium of TV networks which pooled their resources to provide live coverage of the debates…The networks are now looking into how the Conservatives obtained the debate footage for their ads. CPAC anchor Peter Van Dusen said Monday that any outside use of debate video would have to be approved by all pool members. Moreover, he said such video is traditionally never authorized for use by political parties. […]
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