Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Copywoes
If you find a CD on the ground and pick it up, you are suddenly responsible for knowing what kind of copyright the contents of that CD are under. You might be violating the copyright laws just because you picked up the CD. To prevent such an atrocious act, instead of printing the band and album name on a CD we should print the copyright information. Before you touch a CD you can ensure that doing so will not be a criminal act. Instead of saying "Hey, have you heard Mayday Parade's new album?", we can say "Hey, have you heard that new CD under copyright version 10.2.3?"
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This might be impractical, but it's make a good point, in that consumers are expected to understand how copyright works on a per-item basis, even though that information is not given up front.
ReplyDeleteWhy not take it one step further and only distribute the actual copyrights of the CDs. Now instead of asking, "Have you heard the CD under copyright version 10.2.3?, you'll be asking, "have you read copyright number V3432D312?"
ReplyDeleteWho knows? maybe the illegal distribution of copyrights will warrant a system of copyrights for our copyrights.