Copyright repression in Covid relief bill
jeudi 24 décembre 2020 à 01:00Congress has put copyright repression measures into the Covid relief bill.
I greatly regret that I did not hear about Fight for the Future's campaign until now. If I had, I would have supported it. Not that I expect that would have given us victory, but at least I would have done my part.
Copyright law is based on a balance, but not the one people usually cite (between interests of readers and interests of writers). That is a fundamental misunderstanding of the intended purpose of copyright.
The right balance is between the public's interest in promoting the making of new works, and the public's interest in using existing works.
Current copyright law is nowhere near giving the public the best results, because it is designed to maximize the income and power of the big companies that get most of the benefit of copyright. It is an unjust law that deserves to be spat on, and those companies deserve to be wiped out entirely.