Know your rights
Media hounds are running after consumers for the littlest things like encoding the CD you bought into MP3 format so you can use it for your ipod. OR buying a brand new book then selling it for half the price. The copyright freaks are becoming overzealous that they’re starting to step on consumer rights. Organizations such as eff.org want consumers to be aware of their rights so they are fighting a hard battle with the money-hungry capitalists. The best way to support those organizations is to become aware of what we are against.
Scott Klepper wrote an introduction to copyfighting which can be easily understood by ordinary mortals like us. Here’s an excerpt:
What’s a Copyfighter?
I think a lot of people incorrectly assume that Copyfighters are people who believe that copyright should be abolished and that everything should be free. Copyfighters aren’t saying that all media should be freely distributed. We are saying that as consumers of media (film, television, software, literature, etc.) we have certain rights that we would like to protect. One of these rights is Fair Use. Fair Use means that you can reuse copyrighted work without permission as long as you are commenting on it, or copying/parodying the original. Fair Use is what allows you to quote song lyrics when writing a review of a new CD. Another right is First Sale. First Sale means that when you buy something, you own it and are thus entitled to sell it to someone else. First Sale is what allows you to buy a book, read it, then sell it on half.com for someone else to enjoy.
Read the whole post at http://www.scottkleper.com/wordpress/?p=20
Tags: copyfighting, EFF, Scott Klepper
That’s very informative. Thanks for this.
No problem
Oh, I need this!