On Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:54:36 +0200 David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote: > jonetsu <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 12:22:47 +0200 > > Anders Hellquist <lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> My understanding is the the proposed changes are like copyright on > >> steroids. You can not link to articles, files of sites unless you > >> have explicit permission to do so.. > > > >> That is in my mind the end of the internet as concept and a change > >> towards only controlled sites can provide information. > > > > Let's take a use case to illustrate. If Sound on Sound magazine > > does not object to having a public article of theirs being freely > > shared, who will then enforce the restriction despite the authors' > > will and on what basis ? > > The respective country's bilateral partner of the copyright society > that Sound on Sound had to sign a contract with in order to get into > standard distribution channels. And who would that be ? > The artists' will in concrete > matters of copyright is of rather marginal importance since they have > to sign a significant part of their rights over in order to get > coverage. And of course the world is not made only of Ariana Grande and co. > If the artists would in any manner be a driving force of > copyright enforcement, extending copyright beyond their death would > be absurd rather than a powerful asset in the hand of the media > industry. Copyrights usually are lasting a but after. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
