Comments on: Copyright http://xoke.org/2009/08/13/copyright/ Xoke's Small Area of the Net Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Xoke http://xoke.org/2009/08/13/copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Xoke Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:37:20 +0000 http://xoke.org/?p=165#comment-8 Actually there wasn't one specific talk, there are several where he talks about copyright. However I watched the one he did about the Google Books lawsuit that he dented / tweeted / whatevered this morning. <a href="http://blip.tv/file/2471815" rel="nofollow">Here is the video of him</a>. He talks about stuff being 'better' then we have it now (but not perfect) which spurred me into making this post. Yes the Copyright Office probably would suck at it. So I'm not sure if there would have to be rules on exactly what counts as new content or not. Same song but different lyrics (all of Weird Al Yankovic's stuff, Kid Rock with American Bad Ass with the Metallica's Sad But True tune etc)? Assuming tunes and lyrics are 50-50 each then I guess that would count as 'new'. Like I said there are going to be things like this that need to be worked on, which is why if anyone has any thoughts I want to hear :) Thanks for the comment Matt :) Actually there wasn’t one specific talk, there are several where he talks about copyright. However I watched the one he did about the Google Books lawsuit that he dented / tweeted / whatevered this morning. Here is the video of him. He talks about stuff being ‘better’ then we have it now (but not perfect) which spurred me into making this post.

Yes the Copyright Office probably would suck at it. So I’m not sure if there would have to be rules on exactly what counts as new content or not. Same song but different lyrics (all of Weird Al Yankovic’s stuff, Kid Rock with American Bad Ass with the Metallica’s Sad But True tune etc)? Assuming tunes and lyrics are 50-50 each then I guess that would count as ‘new’. Like I said there are going to be things like this that need to be worked on, which is why if anyone has any thoughts I want to hear :)

Thanks for the comment Matt :)

]]> By: Matt Jones http://xoke.org/2009/08/13/copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Matt Jones Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:54:10 +0000 http://xoke.org/?p=165#comment-7 What talk by Lawrence Lessig are you referring to? I like your plan. It's not perfect, but still 100 times better than what we have now. As far as the 51%. I guess it would be up to the US Copyright Office to evaluate if content has 51% new stuff or not. Sadly they would probably suck as much as the US Patent and Trademark Office does at determining if a patent is valid or not. What talk by Lawrence Lessig are you referring to?

I like your plan. It’s not perfect, but still 100 times better than what we have now.

As far as the 51%. I guess it would be up to the US Copyright Office to evaluate if content has 51% new stuff or not. Sadly they would probably suck as much as the US Patent and Trademark Office does at determining if a patent is valid or not.

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