"But the particular law of copyright, imposes more costs than benefits and should be abolished."
I'd like to see some hard numbers/evidence for this statement. How much are the costs? In dollars and pounds? How much is the benefit? Not statements of principle, but numbers. My opinion is that is you had hard numbers, the case for abolishing copyright would not stack up, and that copyright creates more benefits than it costs - in numbers. -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of David Tomlinson Sent: 09 October 2009 12:12 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Free as in 'Freedom' Deirdre Harvey wrote: > > >> Nick Reynolds-FM&T wrote: >>> Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose" >>> >> Freedom is another word for self determination. >> Incarceration, the opposite of Freedom is no control. > > Isn't your argument that control is bad and that people must > relinquish control for your benefit? > No my argument is some controls are social necessary, we call them laws. But the particular law of copyright, imposes more costs than benefits and should be abolished. We may need to retain control over personal images, and respect peoples privacy. If we need new laws to maintain these controls we should pass them. See the link Michael Smethurst supplied in his email. The default should be Freedom. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
