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>Subject: FW: Copyright? Copywrong!
>Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:32:10 -0400
>Thread-Topic: Copyright? Copywrong!
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>From: "Dente, Edmund" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Otmar K. Foelsche" <[log in to unmask]>,       
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There is a thoughtful article on copyright ("Imagine a World without
Copyright" - the author is argues FOR such a world.) in the 8 October
International Herald Tribune, author, Joost Smiers.:

 

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/07/opinion/edsmiers.php

 

Given the author's position, I'm sure he won't mind that I've quoted his
first and his concluding paragraphs:

Cheers,

Ed

AMSTERDAM
<http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=AMSTERDAM&sort=swishrank>
Copyright was once a means to guarantee artists a decent income. Aside
from the question as to whether it ever actually functioned as such -
most artists never made a penny from the copyright system - we have to
admit that copyright serves an altogether different purpose in the
contemporary world. It now is the tool that conglomerates in the music,
publishing, imaging and movie industries use to control their markets. 

 

 

 

Cultural monopolists desperately want us to believe that without
copyright we would have no artistic creations and therefore no
entertainment. That is nonsense. We would have more, and more diverse
ones. 

 

A world without copyright is easy to imagine. The level playing field of
cultural production - a market accessible for everyone - would once
again be restored. A world without copyright would offer the guarantee
of a good income to many artists, and would protect the public domain of
knowledge and creativity. And members of the public would get what they
are entitled to: a surprisingly rich and varied menu of artistic
alternatives. 

 

(Joost Smiers, the author )

 

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Edmund N. Dente                       
Director, Language Media Center     
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