Finally, we have Integrity-dollars. This cost is probably the most ethereal of the four. This is based on how the consumer feels when either buying the content or pirating it. (...) if the content creator lashes out at fans and treats fans as criminals, the $I cost of the authorized content goes way, way up, because people don't want to support the artist.
One of the reasons I$ cost is high is the fact that most of the public doesn't feel they're supporting the artists. They're filling the purses of the middlemen instead. Also, there's the feeling that big hits are already rich and don't need any more money. That's why some people may pay for old fashioned CDs that an indie band sells after a concert but won't buy Madonna's album - even if I'm a big fan, I know she'll only get a few cents from that sale, which mean nothing for her.
And, of course, FIFA is pushing Brazilian government and Congress for legal grants to its own trademark bullying (http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/new-in-english/2011-10-07/news-english-%E2%80%93-controversy-continues-over-fifa-rules-brazilian-law-and-2014-world-soccer-cup) the same way they did in South Africa in 2010 (http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/Detail.aspx?g=f8802688-e6f7-4af6-b648-97f0b404cdd3).
Actually, Mozart was the first music pirate. He cracked the secret sheet music for Allegri's "Miserere":
"According to the popular story (backed up by family letters), the fourteen-year-old Mozart was visiting Rome, when he first heard the piece during the Wednesday service. Later that day, he wrote it down entirely from memory, returning to the Chapel that Friday to make minor corrections. Some time during his travels, he met the British historian Dr Charles Burney, who obtained the piece from him and took it to London, where it was published in 1771. Once the piece was published, the ban was lifted; Mozart was summoned to Rome by the Pope, only instead of excommunicating the boy, the Pope showered praises on him for his feat of musical genius."
Once in a debate some guy said intellectual property was a "juridical fiction". I replied that property itself might be labeled a "juridical fiction", if you were radical enough.
One point that Kaye misses is that no right is absolute, and property rights certainly are not. If you own a car, that doesn't mean you can do with it *whatever* you want - you have to obey traffic rules. If you own a gun, that doesn't mean you have the right to kill people.
There's much to be discussed on the limits to IP. But sheer disqualification doesn't seem the best way to do it.
On a side note, Brazilian Ministry of Culture expects to publish in april its project of a new copyright law. The project has been subject of debates in the last four years and it shall be much more flexible than the current law (from 1998). Eg, mashups and sampling will be allowed.
Cesar Maia, then mayor of Rio de Janeiro, said he would sue Fox because of that Simpsons episode. Of corse he did not. Mr. Maia is known in Brazilian politics for doing anything to attract media attention.
Brazilian law (Lei 9610/1998) states in its chapter on limits to copyright:
Art. 48. Works permanently set on public areas may be freely reproduced on painting, drawings, photography and audiovisual techniques. ("As obras situadas permanentemente em logradouros públicos podem ser representadas livremente, por meio de pinturas, desenhos, fotografias e procedimentos audiovisuais")
http://www.planalto.gov.br/CCIVIL/Leis/L9610.htm (link to law text in Portuguese)
Nevertheless, the Rio de Janeiro catholich church claims ownership to any use of the statue. Back in 1989, a school of samba had a car in the carnival parade displaying the Christ as a beggar. The church managed to have a judge forbid the sculpture. In the parade, it was covered by a black cloth.
http://novo.almanaquebrasil.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ratos-e-urubus.jpg
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Marcos Faria.
Indeed, I can't think of a better way to celebrate freedom than giving away a book I can only read on Kindle.
Is it legal to take a leak or make a sandwich during a break?
I$
Finally, we have Integrity-dollars. This cost is probably the most ethereal of the four. This is based on how the consumer feels when either buying the content or pirating it. (...) if the content creator lashes out at fans and treats fans as criminals, the $I cost of the authorized content goes way, way up, because people don't want to support the artist.
One of the reasons I$ cost is high is the fact that most of the public doesn't feel they're supporting the artists. They're filling the purses of the middlemen instead. Also, there's the feeling that big hits are already rich and don't need any more money. That's why some people may pay for old fashioned CDs that an indie band sells after a concert but won't buy Madonna's album - even if I'm a big fan, I know she'll only get a few cents from that sale, which mean nothing for her.
And, of course, FIFA is pushing Brazilian government and Congress for legal grants to its own trademark bullying (http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/new-in-english/2011-10-07/news-english-%E2%80%93-controversy-continues-over-fifa-rules-brazilian-law-and-2014-world-soccer-cup) the same way they did in South Africa in 2010 (http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/Detail.aspx?g=f8802688-e6f7-4af6-b648-97f0b404cdd3).
Actually, Mozart was the first music pirate. He cracked the secret sheet music for Allegri's "Miserere":
"According to the popular story (backed up by family letters), the fourteen-year-old Mozart was visiting Rome, when he first heard the piece during the Wednesday service. Later that day, he wrote it down entirely from memory, returning to the Chapel that Friday to make minor corrections. Some time during his travels, he met the British historian Dr Charles Burney, who obtained the piece from him and took it to London, where it was published in 1771. Once the piece was published, the ban was lifted; Mozart was summoned to Rome by the Pope, only instead of excommunicating the boy, the Pope showered praises on him for his feat of musical genius."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_%28Allegri%29
Re: Re: Falha Epico! (Epic Fail)
Sorry, I meant FOLHA. :-)
Re: Falha Epico! (Epic Fail)
Actually Falha is NOT an "organ of the government", as you say, it is a private newspaper (and part of a huge media group).
Once in a debate some guy said intellectual property was a "juridical fiction". I replied that property itself might be labeled a "juridical fiction", if you were radical enough.
One point that Kaye misses is that no right is absolute, and property rights certainly are not. If you own a car, that doesn't mean you can do with it *whatever* you want - you have to obey traffic rules. If you own a gun, that doesn't mean you have the right to kill people.
There's much to be discussed on the limits to IP. But sheer disqualification doesn't seem the best way to do it.
On a side note, Brazilian Ministry of Culture expects to publish in april its project of a new copyright law. The project has been subject of debates in the last four years and it shall be much more flexible than the current law (from 1998). Eg, mashups and sampling will be allowed.
Re: Brazil
Cesar Maia, then mayor of Rio de Janeiro, said he would sue Fox because of that Simpsons episode. Of corse he did not. Mr. Maia is known in Brazilian politics for doing anything to attract media attention.
@mobiGeek
Yes, it does. Constitution grants the right to free speech.
Make it a bit more bizarre.
Brazilian law (Lei 9610/1998) states in its chapter on limits to copyright:
Art. 48. Works permanently set on public areas may be freely reproduced on painting, drawings, photography and audiovisual techniques. ("As obras situadas permanentemente em logradouros públicos podem ser representadas livremente, por meio de pinturas, desenhos, fotografias e procedimentos audiovisuais")
http://www.planalto.gov.br/CCIVIL/Leis/L9610.htm (link to law text in Portuguese)
Nevertheless, the Rio de Janeiro catholich church claims ownership to any use of the statue. Back in 1989, a school of samba had a car in the carnival parade displaying the Christ as a beggar. The church managed to have a judge forbid the sculpture. In the parade, it was covered by a black cloth.
http://novo.almanaquebrasil.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ratos-e-urubus.jpg