Re: UK music copyright to be extended to 100 years

Tim Ivorson said:
>> The copyright deal has always been that society protects a work (such as a
>> piece of music) from "pirates" and in return, society gets to make use of
>> it after a certain period of time.
>
> I'd advise against the use of "pirates" here. Copyright absolutist
propaganda might call those of us who copy public domain work "pirates,"
but that's an unusual usuage. Copyright doesn't protect works from
"piracy," it restricts works by making some distribution "piracy." I
don't think that we need to challenge use of the word here.

I had a brief debate with myself about that one. We have copyright at all
to stop the people who sell dodgy carbon copies. I was seeking to
acknowledge this fact and separate the extra benefits society gets from
the public domain.

If we make it just about the right to make copies, we risk being seen as
freeloaders.

Whatever you think of people who produce carbon copies of public domain
works, defending them is unlikely to win us any friends. I think creative
use is something the general public would see as a solid benefit to
society.

If anyone has a snappy replacement, please post it. I know my original is
incomplete and needs work.

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