tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post1320278795111622614..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: How Global Is The Google Settlement?Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-21054502069062360252009-06-17T08:54:28.507+00:002009-06-17T08:54:28.507+00:00While I'm no lover of the Google settlement or...While I'm no lover of the Google settlement or even Google scanning in books (Project Gutenberg anyone?) the fundemental issue of copyright does have to be addressed, and not only by the rights holders as is happening in the secret ACTA talks. The public need to be considered in this; the public domain is dying because artists want to control their rights for longer, and industries want to control their rights by punishing consumers. No one is speaking up for the members of the public - who are the vast majority in this issue. It'll never happen but copyrights should end on a person's death: what sense is there in paying dead people? But as long as politicians are guided by the money put into their pockets and not the decency in their hearts we will always have bad laws.JP_Fifehttp://www.shadowdevil.comnoreply@blogger.com