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| PingusPeriratus |
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 Registered Member #657 Joined: Fri May 01 2009, 06:32PMPosts: 1226 | The European Parliament has agreed to bless draft proposals on orphan works that are similar to a compulsory purchase order with minimal compensation.It's essentially an argument about using other people's stuff without their permission. In May last year, the European Commission floated proposals to allow the "non-commercial: use of works for which the author can't immediately be found, so long as they did a quick Google search first. The UK's Parliament shot down similar proposals in 2010. But the European Parliament yesterday announced its support for the EC's draft, which includes the Get Out of Jail Free search requirement. It only obliges the user to pay the creator if they show up, and punitive damages won't be available. The draft is awaiting formal approval.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/08/eu_orphan_blessing/ | ||
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| felixcatuk |
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felixcatuk  Registered Member #95 Joined: Wed Mar 05 2008, 12:03AMPosts: 2626 | This plan is just insane. Almost any media - images/music/text - that you might find online is protected by copyright. In large part simply because the internet has only existed for 20 years. As a result... The default assumption should be that creative works found online are protected by copyright unless the user can demonstrate otherwise. Not the other way around. | ||
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| madslug |
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  Registered Member #266 Joined: Tue Apr 01 2008, 01:11PMPosts: 800 | On one hand there is a witch hunt for P2P sharing of content for non-commercial reasons while on the other they are suggesting a 'free for all' - no wonder kids think everything on the internet is free. If only someone would strengthen the rules about commercial copying - if they can't find the rights owner (because it has been copied without permission by someone else) at the very least commercial users should be making a notional payment to a central collection agency. As most websites carry a copyright notice no one has an excuse for not paying for commercial copies made. | ||
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