http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Thu, 4 May 2006 13:11:05 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/04/125758.php#comment-362993 This is more a question rather than a comment. We have recently had a question in one of the music groups to which I subscribe. The question is, if a CD which you purchased is stolen from your car, are you entitled to replace the music? And the scenarios are: 1. You retain ownership of the CD case and literature, which was not stolen along with the CD, or 2. both the CD and the case were stolen. What rights does the consumer retain in regards to the license they had purchased? ]]> 362993@blogcritics.org Thu, 4 May 2006 13:11:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/04/125758.php#comment-446 Jim- Great points. I agree wholeheartedly. Maybe some of us should get together and come up with an "Intellectual Property Consumer's Bill of Rights" and propose it to... someone. Heh. Great post, though. I'm linking it tonight. --Amber ]]> 446@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:45:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/04/125758.php#comment-445 Kevin, that's not necessarily indicative of the inent of the owner of the material's intent. The reality of this example is that the works are actually owned by other than ourselves. We buy a license to use the material, not to own it. That is actually what intellectual property rights are about. You DON'T have the right to edit the material without permission of the owner. If you took Windows and modified it to your liking, it would still be Windows. You are venturing into the "Open Source" theory of intellectual property rights, which I happen to be a fan of, but that's not representative of the overall corporate view of reality. I was trying to define fair use as it shoud be in regards to commercially available materials, not open sourced projects. They are a different animal altogether. ]]> 445@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:12:45 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/04/125758.php#comment-444 You've missed a key part of Fair Use - the right to edit. You should be able to edit the video, music or book into a different work of your own. You should be abel to publish this edited work as long as you customers buy the source works too. ]]> 444@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:58:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/04/125758.php#comment-443 Jim, Sounds very reasonable, if anything overly scrupulous toward the copyright holder. Would that the holders and sharers meet in this middle. Good job. ]]> 443@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:09:48 EDT