Comments on: Take That, Larry Lessig! http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/ Leslie Burns writes on the photo business and marketing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: info http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/comment-page-1/#comment-11726 info Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:33:37 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/#comment-11726 Marty: You are right, but the trouble is that there was no reason to re-invent the wheel. All these rights and the packaging threof always was available to copyright holders. Instead, changing the terminology has resulted in the general population thinking that most work is freely availble for use without permission rather than protecting the owners' rights. That's why I am so opposed to CC--it causes much more harm than good. Thanks for posting! --Leslie Marty:
You are right, but the trouble is that there was no reason to re-invent the wheel. All these rights and the packaging threof always was available to copyright holders. Instead, changing the terminology has resulted in the general population thinking that most work is freely availble for use without permission rather than protecting the owners’ rights. That’s why I am so opposed to CC–it causes much more harm than good.
Thanks for posting! –Leslie

]]> By: Marty Blumen http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/comment-page-1/#comment-11627 Marty Blumen Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:37:29 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/#comment-11627 Creative Commons is simply pre-packaged Copyrights. To me Creative Commons is simply making Copyright law more accessible to general public. In every field of life the people who understand the fundamental rules that govern what they are doing have greater control than the people who use pre-packaged goods. I think of it as the fast food of Intellectual Property. Just as that food tastes great if you want to stay healthy you need to know what it is made up of. Once you understand that Creative Commons is simply pre-packaged Copyrights you can assess its uses for your business more appropriately. It is neither good or bad but merely an option. Creative Commons is simply pre-packaged Copyrights.

To me Creative Commons is simply making Copyright law more accessible to general public. In every field of life the people who understand the fundamental rules that govern what they are doing have greater control than the people who use pre-packaged goods. I think of it as the fast food of Intellectual Property. Just as that food tastes great if you want to stay healthy you need to know what it is made up of.

Once you understand that Creative Commons is simply pre-packaged Copyrights you can assess its uses for your business more appropriately. It is neither good or bad but merely an option.

]]> By: info http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/comment-page-1/#comment-10948 info Mon, 21 May 2007 13:35:25 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/#comment-10948 Jerry: Thank you for commenting. I wish more folk would! I disagree with you about the impact of the internet as well as who is "getting rich" and what is happening in music. ITunes has significantly altered the music situation (piracy is way down), "little guys" are getting recognition and work from the internet without getting ripped off as much as people may think (for photographers, it has helped to remove barriers of geography, for example), and the money is coming to many more people than just the big companies--just take a read of The Long Tail to see how easier distribution is helping smaller companies become more and more successful. -Leslie Jerry:
Thank you for commenting. I wish more folk would!

I disagree with you about the impact of the internet as well as who is “getting rich” and what is happening in music. ITunes has significantly altered the music situation (piracy is way down), “little guys” are getting recognition and work from the internet without getting ripped off as much as people may think (for photographers, it has helped to remove barriers of geography, for example), and the money is coming to many more people than just the big companies–just take a read of The Long Tail to see how easier distribution is helping smaller companies become more and more successful.
-Leslie

]]> By: Jerry Halberstadt http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/comment-page-1/#comment-10946 Jerry Halberstadt Mon, 21 May 2007 13:26:21 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2007/05/20/take-that-larry-lessig/#comment-10946 Mark Helprin speaks to my needs as a writer and photographer. But copyright has become very weak, at least for an individual, due to the ibility of people to steal via the nternet. On the one hand I delight in having my ideas distributed widely. As long as they are available free, people are glad to access and spread them. But if I need to get paid for my work, then the internet is my enemy. It is simply too difficult to police. Even the large entities--like publishers and producers--are unable to stop the tide. See what happened in the distribution of music. The internet is a great medium for marketing and promotional distribution. The entities that are getting rich on other people's content are the aggregators, the search engines, and other "publishers" of found and stolen works. Copyright is coming to serve the publisher more than the author: Disney wants to have a permanent copyright. But this type of extension of permanent copyright does not help the artist, writer, or photographer. In the realm of ideas including science, free and open access and wide distribution is for the benefit of the broad community. Perhaps instead of copyright we need some new form of compensation that will enable creative people to benefit from their works. Mark Helprin speaks to my needs as a writer and photographer. But copyright has become very weak, at least for an individual, due to the ibility of people to steal via the nternet. On the one hand I delight in having my ideas distributed widely. As long as they are available free, people are glad to access and spread them. But if I need to get paid for my work, then the internet is my enemy. It is simply too difficult to police. Even the large entities–like publishers and producers–are unable to stop the tide. See what happened in the distribution of music.

The internet is a great medium for marketing and promotional distribution. The entities that are getting rich on other people’s content are the aggregators, the search engines, and other “publishers” of found and stolen works.

Copyright is coming to serve the publisher more than the author: Disney wants to have a permanent copyright. But this type of extension of permanent copyright does not help the artist, writer, or photographer.

In the realm of ideas including science, free and open access and wide distribution is for the benefit of the broad community. Perhaps instead of copyright we need some new form of compensation that will enable creative people to benefit from their works.

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