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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
11/11/2017 12:01:35 AM
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Re: Piracy and the printing press
That's a somewhat strange thing for the Smithsonian to publish? I wonder what other authors would think nowadays. The Grimm fairy tales have been plundered by Disney. Aesop's fables have been re-vamped in countless ways. I wonder what would happen if an author today purposely put a work into the Public Domain? There are so few examples of content that isn't controlled by copyright.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
11/10/2017 11:50:52 PM
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Re: Piracy is Killing
> "I don't think it's unreasonable for someone's estate to continue controlling how their likeness is used or be compensated...."

I'm not so sympathetic to dead people or their families, I guess. Not too many people inherit an ongoing fortune, so why should some be protected by law if the economic benefits could be greater with more public domain wealth? We already have enough concentrated wealth. Do we need to concentrate it even more? I'm also skeptical that IP laws protect families as much as giant corporations that have bought up IP over years. Perhaps I would be more sympathetic if IP could not be transferred to corporate entities.

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afwriter
afwriter
11/10/2017 10:23:00 PM
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Re: Ghosts in the machine
That's a great point. I know its a problem in our house because my kids start watching something then go to play and leave their show running. I have been guilty of binge-watching a few shows too where they ask if you are still there, it kind of makes you feel bad about yourself when you realize you have been watching for so long that they think you left.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
11/10/2017 8:01:02 PM
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Re: Ghosts in the machine
I assume Netflix asks if you're still there to make sure it's not paying for licensing that isn't actually being used. Advertisers never really know how many viewers are being converted-- no matter how good the analytics get. But licensing probably can get a bit more accurate since one view can be accounted for and charged.

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afwriter
afwriter
11/9/2017 11:03:29 PM
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Re: Ghosts in the machine
Netflix does stop playing and ask you if you are still there. I'm not sure if they gage it by time or episode. 

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batye
batye
11/9/2017 8:01:16 PM
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Re: Piracy and the printing press
@Ariella interesting reading to know as I never know this fact - thanks for sharing... 

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faryl
faryl
11/9/2017 5:33:52 PM
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Re: Piracy is Killing
I'm torn on post-humous IP/copyright. On one hand, I appreciate the benefit of things becoming part of the public domain. But I also think that it's fair for someone to want their family/descendents/benificiaries to benefit from their legacy & make sure that it's not used in ways that might damage or take away from its reputation. I don't think it's unreasonable for someone's estate to continue controlling how their likeness is used or be compensated for something that is profiting from their body of work.

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faryl
faryl
11/9/2017 5:05:07 PM
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Re: Piracy is Killing
At the same time, that doesn't stop governments from creating laws to criminalize people/activities that they see as threatening to the status quo (e.g., CFAA, marijuana possession). Side note regarding the nursery school story: The visitation room at the Victorville Federal Penitentiary has a painted mural of Shrek and some other cartoon characters on one of the walls. Made me wonder if anyone got permission, or if the US BOP just figures they won't get reported/are above the law.

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Ariella
Ariella
11/9/2017 4:39:26 PM
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Re: Piracy and the printing press
Smithsonian ran this article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-ripped-off-sequel-don-quixote-predicted-piracy-digital-age-180967048/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

It includes these observations: 

So popular was the novel that an anonymous writer decided to write a sequel. Cervantes, who felt that he owned the famous character he had created, was dismayed. He depended on the novel to solve his perpetual financial troubles (he had been accused of defrauding the state while working as a tax collector raising funds for the Spanish Armada, and put in prison). With few legal means at his disposal, Cervantes realized that he had to fight fire with fire and write his own sequel. In it, he made Don Quixote defeat an imposter drawn from the unauthorized rival version—Quixote's false double—showing who was really in charge of the story.The title page of the first edition of Don QuixoteThe title page of the first edition of Don Quixote (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

The experience taught Cervantes a lesson: Paper and print could help him find new readers both at home and abroad, but these same technologies made it easier for others to sell pirated editions. (Cervantes might not have called them pirates, because he knew about real ones: He had been captured by North African pirates after participating in the historic battle of Lepanto and spent four years in captivity in Algiers, waiting for his family to come up with the ransom.)

Eventually, Cervantes came to realize that the biggest villain in the story wasn't copycats or pirates; it was printers, who didn't care about originality, ownership, or artistic integrity—only sales.





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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
11/9/2017 11:51:57 AM
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Re: Piracy is Killing
I predict that existing IP laws will remain on the books forever, but that at some point, they just won't be enforced. Tech companies will move on and simply come up with open source solutions that need no IP protection-- or AI will be so opaque that it *can't* be patented in a meaningful way. It won't happen anytime soon, but we're headed for absolute encryption (via quantum computing or otherwise) and ways to keep proprietary software or any media digitally locked -- but we simply won't have much use for keeping most media locked or encrypted. An analog loophole will always exist, but private two-party communications will preserve some privacy at least.

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