Yeah, one of you guys could build an Orbiter simpit for it...
IIRC, the Bern convention says at least 20y copyright, the EU says something like 50 or 70 years, and the US says anything Disney wants. I say:
20 years for books
10 years for movies
5 years for software, music and photographs
And automatically turn into public domain 1 year after the copyright holder doesn't sell it anymore.
And make laws that prohibit DRM.
I'd say let people keep hold of copyright as long as they keep something in print, with a renewal fee after they remove it from the market (thus if Microsoft wants to keep Windows 95 under copyright to protect trade secrets, they can, but have to pay to do so). Put limits on how long copyright can be renewed after something is out of print, even with fees.
And prohibit DRM.
The problem is that piracy has no analog in the material world. The closest thing we have to it is theft, so that's what it's compared to. The fact is that you are benefiting from the work of someone else, without them receiving any compensation for it.Regarding the coffeshop idea.
There are quite a few ones out there that feature a "leave a book, take a book" area. Adding your own repertoire to that and establish a lending fee is not that far away (and has probably been done already).
And also:
The problem is that piracy has no analog in the material world. The closest thing we have to it is theft, so that's what it's compared to. The fact is that you are benefiting from the work of someone else, without them receiving any compensation for it.
I think the people who get their ships pirated from them might disagree.That is the point of the picture. Just because you don't understand something, does not mean the analogy that you are using is sufficient. You can compare planets to balls beeing moved around a bigger ball, but that does not necessarily means that it really is a hand moving planets around a bigger planet.
Piracy is not theft, it is piracy.
I think the people who get their ships pirated from them might disagree.
I once bought an album on Itunes... (can I type that without infringing copyright? or should I claim "Fair use") ...and yes, I lost the album when I changed computers.
That was the first and last time I used DRM.
Perhaps if there weren't so many scumbag pirates out there who try to get everything for free then we wouldn't need drm.
You can't rely on judges to fix all immoral passages in such contracts.
You can't rely on judges at all.
You can't rely on judges at all.