Re: Do I need HDMI inputs; AKA, Abolish copyright laws?

"Jim Cate" <jimcate@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:120ui53fqd3m143@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Karyudo, what, exactly are you saying?

I am saying that copyright law is written to grant a limited monopoly
to authors of artistic works, and to grant some exemptions for society
at large to make copies under certain circumstances.

- That there should be no legal protection for authors or owners of
intellectual property if such protection limits your right to copy,
use, or distribute copyrighted work however you want to???

There *is* legal protection for authors that *does* limit my right to
copy, use, or distribute copyrighted work: it's called copyright law
(or patent law, or trademark law, I guess). Authors are given a
limited monopoly on the publication of their works, and part of the
price of that monopoly is the set of limited freedoms that the public
is granted to make copies under certain circumstances.

saying that there is no such thing as intellectual property in the
first place, because some people don't respect it and never will?

It is true that some people don't respect IP and never will, but I
don't see how that means there is no such thing as IP.

Or, because you can't copy, use, or share someone's movies,
writings, or works of art however you damm well please, are you
advocating repeal of paragraph 8, Section 8 of Article I of the
Constitution? (Which, as far as I know, was incorporated into the
constitution long before Nixon.)

Why don't you actually put that Article, Section and Paragraph in your
post? It is, after all, in the public domain (even though we know who
wrote it):

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and Discoverie"

See that word "limited"? When Congress got around to actually turning
the Constitution into the Copyright Act in 1790, "limited" meant "14
years, plus privelege of renewal for up to another 14." That's gone by
the boards. It's now effectively unlimited, thanks to industry lobby.
When Nixon was president, I'm pretty sure the term was 28 years, with
provision to renew for another 28.

(By the way, I don't have to follow the US Constitution.)

It's also interesting to note that the term of patents is still only
about 17 years. Why so short, when compared to copyright?

Or, are you saying that you should
be free to use, reproduce, copy, and/or distribute anyone's IP
without compensation to the author or owner whenever YOU want to and
whenever YOU can rationalize your decision as a "fair use"?

Who would ever argue for something so stupid? There are legal rules
for fair use, and making a personal backup of a CD or movie falls
within those rules. So is taking a clip for a review, or research, or
education. DRM actively denies the public its rights granted under
copyright law.

If that's not what you meant, what the hell ARE you saying???

I think I've clarified things, haven't I?
.

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