hey this looks good although (just for reference) the section :
>Those who suggested we oppose > copyright as a concept were proposing this as a posture and not > meaning to eschew its protection for their own work. > > isnt accurate at least on behalf of the points i made, as i do oppose copyright. Its not a provocative stance, although in this context it would have been provocative I don't mean for you to alter the text, just pointing out that my position on copyright isn't theatre adam On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 16:08 +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote: > hi > > Friday was the day for submissions on this section 92 review, and > although I had known that for some time I did not start writing until > about 3:30 that afternoon. That means I didn't get to run it past you > lot, I didn't squeeze everyone's opinions in, and I confabulated where I > could not recall details. Also I missed at least one apostrophe. Sorry > about that. On the positive side, it is short and mostly to the point. > > Douglas > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Section 92 > Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:57:04 +1200 > From: Douglas Bagnall <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Dear MED, > > The Aotearoa Digital Arts network was formed by and for New Zealand > artists who use digital media. We hold regular symposia and maintain > a vibrant email discussion list. Our main focus is on visual arts in > the traditional gallery-centric sense, though many of our 200 or so > members are primarily musicians, theatre practitioners, film-makers, > writers, or otherwise artistically oriented. Some of us are also > members of the CFF and APRA and other groups that purport to represent > artists, but ADA is not affiliated with them. > > In July we discussed Section 92, and copyright in general, on our > mailing list. Although our members have widely ranging views, there > were some points of consensus: > > * We think disconnection is an excessive response. Most digital > artists depend on internet connections for their livelihood, and > many of us use shared connections in studios, offices, or flats. > Disconnecting what seems like an infringing account from the ISP's > point of view may well affect several innocent people, perhaps > drastically. > > * We are not all particularly fond of fines either, as they punish in > inverse proportion to wealth, but we prefer them to disconnection. > > * The sending of notices is fine. > > * Most of us support the idea of copyright in general, if only due to > a lack of plausible alternatives. Those who suggested we oppose > copyright as a concept were proposing this as a posture and not > meaning to eschew its protection for their own work. > > * We are all users of open licenses, whether as consumers or > producers, and most believe they are a useful option for artists. > Although it may not seem directly relevant to the section 92 review, > copyright law should be written with support for these kinds of > licenses in mind. > > Somebody also suggested a surcharge on internet traffic that could be > redirected toward artists, but this was not widely supported. Another > person proposed a set of rites that downloaders should perform that > would put them in a grateful frame of mind. Although this may not be > legally practical, it is interesting to shift the debate from the > damage to rights holders profits to the damage inflicted upon > downloaders souls by an excessive sense of entitlement and greed. > > The email list discussion can be found here: > > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/ada_list/2009-July/date.html > > regards, > > Douglas Bagnall > (on behalf of the Aotearoa Digital Arts trust) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- Adam Hyde Founder FLOSS Manuals German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563 Email : [email protected] irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals "Free manuals for free software" http://www.flossmanuals.net/about _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
