Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

This is absurd. Where does it end? iphone allows to watch copyrighted material. Should apple be responsible for any infringement?


I didn't make the law!

You're right; my spectacles-supplier makes it possible for me to watch infringing videos. So they're "facilitating".

Arguably a website operator can do something about it; Vision Express can't, and nor can Apple.

The battle between copyright maximalists and the "information wants to be free" crowd won't end until there's a copyright regime that most people think is fair. I think that means that (a) all copyright expires on the authors death, or after 70 years, whivhever comes first; (b) copyright infringement is a purely civil affair; (c) copyright holders get to sue for lost royalties, which they have to demonstrate, thus suppressing actions against people whove never made a penny from infringement.

That's how it was when I was a kid, and it seemed pretty fair. All the subsequent changes have been to favour the RIAA and the MPAA, enacted by the US government, and then rammed down the throat of the rest of the world through trade agreements and so on.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: