Re: copyright law change - creators 1, Google 0 - Cameron 'too close to Google'?

 
From: "Brenna Lyons" 
>I have to agree. Google should have to live to the same laws others do or be
> called out legally for it. They don't, and that fact is a blot on the entire
> industry.
<snip>
> There is a movement of sorts (some call themselves Remixers or the Mixing
> Culture or something similar) that want to weaken the rights of content
> creators, so they can legally plagiarize the works of people that create
> worlds and characters by "mixing elements" (sometimes whole scenes or
> characters) from other works to "collage together" something new. To me,
> this smacks of entitlement. It sounds like a spoiled child that isn't
> capable of creating his own works demanding to penalize those that can
> create, so he can reach for the brass ring with the works of others. And,
> we're seeing it more and more in the last few years. Honestly, any truly
> creative person can live within the laws established for derivative works,
> parody, and so forth and still create their own worlds and characters.
> 
> Brenna

Very well put Brenna. I never get answers when I ask those who want to derive freely why they can't do what creatives do and write round it. Even pointing out how that develops the culture doesn't seem to impact. I don't particularly like Disney, for example, myself, but wonder exactly what people think they will do with Mickey Mouse. And, I might add, what they think they can do with Mickey Mouse that tens of thousands of others wouldn't be trying as well!

Joseph


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