That could be the title of the talk if I can find an entertainment copyright and licensing specialist to give us a talk on fiction IP in the future:
"Stupid Idiots and their idiotic stupidity" ;-) On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:01 AM, delancey wrote: > > >> OK, what if it were a play? You write a script. Someone buys a >> copy, feeds >> it into their computer, and programs very convincing robots/ >> androids to >> perform the play in a theater down the street from the place where >> your play >> is being performed by humans at half the price per ticket with >> marketing >> touting the performance as nearly as the human one because of new >> programs >> the robots are running. Oh, and the robot performance is just an >> extra >> feature - the "main attraction" is the text of your play on display. > > That's obviously disanalogous, and already covered by the case in > which I put on the play myself. Amazon is not suggesting that they be > allowed to play Kindle "readings" to audiences. Just as I can't play > my netflix DVDs in the local theatre. The purchaser of the book will > have it "read" for herself. > > If my home AI puts on a play for me alone I shouldn''t have to pay a > second time. Just as if I act out the play at home or read it aloud > myself I don't have to pay a second time. > > Oh, and my prediction was retroactively verified. The Guild: > "Publishers certainly could contractually prohibit Amazon from adding > audio functionality to its e-books without authorization, and Amazon > could comply by adding a software tag that would prohibit its machine > from creating an audio version of a book unless Amazon has acquired > the appropriate rights." There you have it: add DRM to your book > prohibiting it be readable by S-to-T software. And, of course, sue > the S-to-T software companies next to force them to respect this DRM. > > I stand by my bitter conviction, and proclaim from the rooftops that > THE AUTHOR GUILD LEADERS ARE IDIOTS if they pursue this. > > cd > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
