Several people noted yesterday that it was significant that Wikipedia was joining today’s internet blackout – given the fact that Wikipedia are pretty hot on honouring IP copyrights. This Jimmy Wales interview reinforces that fact. I still despair at the rhetoric being traded – of course collaboration is needed to improve the wording of any bill – none of the bill content I’ve actually heard quoted seem at all unreasonable, the criticisms are simply being generalized. Freedoms (of speech and others) are a separate issue. The problem as ever is mistrust of authority applying its powers fairly. There can be as many self-policing arrangements as people want, but law enforcement is still the last resort. In the final analysis legal enforcement of copyright needs to have teeth where crime is committed.
Sorry to speak on this topic again, but I can not hold my hand 🙂
Hope you enjoy it though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4
Yeah, heard that before. Correct, copying is not theft, but it can be against copyright licensing. Just needs to be applied fairly. You saw this ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16623831