@JoshuaAslanSmith -- don't get me started, I got through IT Ethics basically entirely on writing an essay-form rant about the state of copyright law.

having a undergrad in screenwriting I can fully appreciate strong copyright

and could probably write the counterargument thanks to my IS masters lol

but I digress its like 9 bucks on amazon if you decide to check it out further

my argument is that the law needs a top-to-bottom overhaul with its original goal kept quite firmly in mind, as the folks who originally wrote that law held assumptions that were true then, but no longer hold

ah okay

I am for reform

most of the people Ive heard critique copyright are either "hack the world" torrent users who just download whatever or librarians complaining about copyright restriction

I work at a university library

@JoshuaAslanSmith -- the problem's fundamental -- we have a law that places very strong restrictions on reproduction, and we also have a plethora of machines for which reproduction is fundamental to their operation

telling a computer to operate without ever copying data is like trying to make water not wet somehow

thats conflating technological capacity with moral capacity though

@JoshuaAslanSmith -- my point is that computers basically cannot operate without the unrestricted ability to copy data

there are plenty of sucessful forms of DRM

or, to put it in simpler terms, "Good luck building a processor without a MOV instruction, you'll need it"

taking this further off the rails, are you saying removing restrictions on replication for copyright?

I advocate that the copyright holder's control over simple reproduction be removed completely as it no longer makes sense in a world where the function of copying has been completely divorced from the content being copied

id be pretty against that, it basically removes any economic incentive

@JoshuaAslanSmith -- in the digital age, I see distribution, performance, and derivative works as obviating the need for a separate rule about reproduction

if I have 20 copies of a file on my hard disk, does that cause any incremental economic effect over having 1 copy of that file on my hard disk? no!

I also support a more user-friendly interface to licensing

if I want to use a song as a movie soundtrack, I should be able to go to Amazon.com, look it up, and click "license me"

example: go to dilbert.com and click any of the "Buy" links

ah you meant it in that way

YOur statement read as is had a much broader implication

aaah.

So yes if I buy a movie or a book or a song, yes I agree that a user should (so long as it remains on their personal devices) be able to replicate and use it across devices

aye. controlling reproduction outside of the context of distribution or performance leads into a quagmire where copyright simply becomes needlessly invasive.

but that aside-- can we find a rerailing frog for this channel? ;)

because I also have a tendency to RP characters who want to fix everything