Comments on: File-sharing at Cato Unbound http://techliberation.com/2008/06/10/file-sharing-at-cato-unbound/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:03:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2008/06/10/file-sharing-at-cato-unbound/comment-page-1/#comment-53788 MikeT Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:53:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10903#comment-53788 If copyright law would just treat copyrighted works similar to physical property, things would be a lot easier. All the law really needs to do is enforce artificial scarcity. To that end, if local and state police could arrest someone for theft for engaging in certain types of copyright infringement, that would be a powerful deterrent. If copyright law would just treat copyrighted works similar to physical property, things would be a lot easier. All the law really needs to do is enforce artificial scarcity. To that end, if local and state police could arrest someone for theft for engaging in certain types of copyright infringement, that would be a powerful deterrent.

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2008/06/10/file-sharing-at-cato-unbound/comment-page-1/#comment-42291 MikeT Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:53:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10903#comment-42291 If copyright law would just treat copyrighted works similar to physical property, things would be a lot easier. All the law really needs to do is enforce artificial scarcity. To that end, if local and state police could arrest someone for theft for engaging in certain types of copyright infringement, that would be a powerful deterrent. If copyright law would just treat copyrighted works similar to physical property, things would be a lot easier. All the law really needs to do is enforce artificial scarcity. To that end, if local and state police could arrest someone for theft for engaging in certain types of copyright infringement, that would be a powerful deterrent.

]]> By: Ben R. http://techliberation.com/2008/06/10/file-sharing-at-cato-unbound/comment-page-1/#comment-53787 Ben R. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:27:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10903#comment-53787 Great article and I look forward to seeing your response. <br><br>The only solution I can envision- beyond the utter destruction of copyright or of a dystopian privacy-free state - is one a compulsory license tacked on to general internet bills, the rewards of which are assigned to content holders based on download statistics. <br><br>It is already talked about by both sides of the issue and is somewhat similar to the compromise that occurred with radio. In this case, music labels, studios, and publishers are relegated to marketing, advertising (chiefly product placement and short sponsored ads before the primary content) and initial loans for start up shows/movies/bands/books.<br><br>While quantifying the whole thing is more complicated than the Nielsen system, that is a problem less difficult to solve than restricting software tools or compensating artists without any copyright at all. Great article and I look forward to seeing your response.

The only solution I can envision- beyond the utter destruction of copyright or of a dystopian privacy-free state – is one a compulsory license tacked on to general internet bills, the rewards of which are assigned to content holders based on download statistics.

It is already talked about by both sides of the issue and is somewhat similar to the compromise that occurred with radio. In this case, music labels, studios, and publishers are relegated to marketing, advertising (chiefly product placement and short sponsored ads before the primary content) and initial loans for start up shows/movies/bands/books.

While quantifying the whole thing is more complicated than the Nielsen system, that is a problem less difficult to solve than restricting software tools or compensating artists without any copyright at all.

]]> By: Ben R. http://techliberation.com/2008/06/10/file-sharing-at-cato-unbound/comment-page-1/#comment-42227 Ben R. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:27:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10903#comment-42227 Great article and I look forward to seeing your response. The only solution I can envision- beyond the utter destruction of copyright or of a dystopian privacy-free state - is one a compulsory license tacked on to general internet bills, the rewards of which are assigned to content holders based on download statistics. It is already talked about by both sides of the issue and is somewhat similar to the compromise that occurred with radio. In this case, music labels, studios, and publishers are relegated to marketing, advertising (chiefly product placement and short sponsored ads before the primary content) and initial loans for start up shows/movies/bands/books. While quantifying the whole thing is more complicated than the Nielsen system, that is a problem less difficult to solve than restricting software tools or compensating artists without any copyright at all. Great article and I look forward to seeing your response.

The only solution I can envision- beyond the utter destruction of copyright or of a dystopian privacy-free state – is one a compulsory license tacked on to general internet bills, the rewards of which are assigned to content holders based on download statistics.

It is already talked about by both sides of the issue and is somewhat similar to the compromise that occurred with radio. In this case, music labels, studios, and publishers are relegated to marketing, advertising (chiefly product placement and short sponsored ads before the primary content) and initial loans for start up shows/movies/bands/books.

While quantifying the whole thing is more complicated than the Nielsen system, that is a problem less difficult to solve than restricting software tools or compensating artists without any copyright at all.

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