[Upd-discuss] Yet another Elvis article

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

Well,

it's also interesting to point that there is a gap between law and=20
technology today :

it's more and more easy to share content

it's more and more illegal to do so

and this gap is just increasing. I guess many of you read the recent=20
interview of Bram Cohen of BitTorrent fame. He explained very clearly=20
that all this legal discussion seems of no interest to him since it's=20
very probable that peopole will benefit from incredible high storage=20
levels in the next few years... so high that they will certainly be=20
able to store... everything...

After all, my ipod is able to keep 10,000 songs today. 10 years ago, I=20=

had a 120mo hd...

Then, if this gap keep between law and technology keeps on increasing,=20=

it will just be a matter of time before the law evolves either through=20=

parliament or through courts.

I think we can be confident.

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr

Le 6 janv. 05, =E0 22:13, Sigmascape1@cs.com a =E9crit :

> Interesting. I can't image the British Government not extending the=20
> copyright term, although I hope they don't. To me, "50 Years" has=20
> always been the sweet spot for copyright terms, regardless of type of=20=

> media, regardless of nation. I can't possibly understand why an=20
> artist, any artist, including U2, would not see that 50 years is fair.
>
> If the British extend the copyright term, they are going to enter the=20=

> world of Sonny Bono Copyright... also known as perpetual lobbying=20
> copyright. If they extend it, say for 20 extra years, 17 years from=20
> now they will be lobbying for another 20 years. I hope the Britsh=20
> people will fight the possible extension, and explain to Sir Richard=20=

> that he can still make money from his music... burn the songs to a CD=20=

> and package them, sell them, re-record them, perform them, mix them,=20=

> mash them, etc. The only difference is that everyone else in the UK=20
> will be able to do the same. :-)
>
> Mitch
>
>
> James Davis <jamesd@jml.net> wrote:
>
>> http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3D3546014
>>
>> James
>> _______________________________________________
>> Upd-discuss mailing list
>> Upd-discuss@lists.essential.org
>> http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/upd-discuss
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Upd-discuss mailing list
> Upd-discuss@lists.essential.org
> http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/upd-discuss
>