What will happen If the resolution of Public Domain passes
i have few questions about what will happen to my nation if this resolution passes.
What effects will have?
Thanks
Yayonia
Tuesday Heights
31-05-2004, 04:54
I'll be downloading a lot more music, that's for sure... oh, wait, I'd do that anyway.
Kitsune Island
31-05-2004, 05:02
If it passes, that means that you could sell freeware and shareware for a profit, violating that basic principle. Anything which was copyrighted previously through "copyright upon creation" laws (as stated on the US's copyright information resource website) would be invalid. It would squelch progress everywhere..
Tweezers
31-05-2004, 15:52
basically everything would go to pot, is it possible to appeal against this passing? because if it is I think it should be done, and now!
Vale-Seigh
31-05-2004, 16:33
Well, the United States currently has a public domain set up right now. I'm pretty sure the maximum length of copyrights is 70 years? I don't really see a problem with this resolution being passed.
I'm not sure, but I think Yayonia may have been referring to effects on national variables. Do Free Trade proposals benefit or harm the economy in NationStates? (I guess this depends on which Max Barry thinks strengthens your economy: free trade or protectionism.)
Silmacil
31-05-2004, 17:40
This proposal came to me as a complete surprise as I have unfortunately not read the proposal list recently. This is a catastrophic piece of legistlation and deems doom for the future of both art and business. An artist should at least retain ownership to his/her work, not matter if it's played today or after a thousand years..
I say that we need a bit there about ownership. Or are we really so fixated in money that we are ready to rip all honour from Mozarts and Da Vincis of our time after all the work they have done? I say that if this proposal passes as it is, world will be a much darker place.
Well, the United States currently has a public domain set up right now. I'm pretty sure the maximum length of copyrights is 70 years? I don't really see a problem with this resolution being passed.
That may be because you haven't read the resolution. It defines a completely different concept of placing intellectual property in the public domain to that which already exists, and destroys the rights of private individuals and big business alike. Vote no!
The Ideal
31-05-2004, 18:43
The credits should still go to the person who made it, instead of just having anything being used freely in any kind of way desired.
Credits should be given to the pertinent persons.