Sane Approach to Copyrights

[danaisle]

As a content creator and user, I have a vested interest in intellectual property and the way it's used. I support the right of creators to earn from their work and feel that some kind of governance is needed (but not the kind of mindless, baseless threats routinely issued by Getty et al). I just received information this week about a new Copyright Alert System that notifies users when they are infringing by educating (without threatening) them. Take a look at this and see what you think:
http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2012/10/a-sensible-approach-to-the-copyright-alert-system/
I'll be blogging about this myself when I've had the opportunity to delve a little deeper, but I thought you folks might find this noteworthy. I haven't found any other references to this development on the ELI forums thus far.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Unfortunatley, this will have zero effect on stock images, and deals exclusively with P2P file sharing and bit torrent sites, and the main problem it will run into is still the fact that it all revolves around IP addresses.. I see that if a person gets a notice they can pay a $35.00 to have the case reviewed..this will make for a lot of unhappy people. Right this minute I can access 3 unsecured networks on my street alone, if I were to use their unsecured network to download music from a p2p site, do you think they would want to pay the 35 bucks, knowing full well they didn't do anything wrong?? I doubt it..Perhaps a step in the right direction, but a long way to go IMHO..

The stock image house will continue to send out their extortion letters, and I foresee them sending even more, as the world of traditional publishing slowly goes down the drain.. Just yesterday it was announced Newsweek will cease all print publications in 2013, there are loads of images in this publication that are from Getty and rights managed, and don't forget with RM images the cost is dictated by the usage, Getty will be taking a large hit in this regard...hence more letters, they have to make money somehow...