Decklin Foster on Sun, 14 May 2000 21:19:17 +0200 (CEST) |
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[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Copyright and forgery |
Benjamin Geer writes: > Random House should be allowed to publish their novel, but they > shouldn't be allowed to use Joyce's name or the title _Ulysses_. Oh, I certainly agree. Think about the tradeoff here: I get assurance that what what I buy is the `real thing'. I lose, well, nothing; Random House can still publish their book with a more truthful name. Of course, if their original intention was to dupe me, they lose -- but this is exactly what we want. It should be noted that this isn't really a copyright issue; it falls more under the heading of `fraud'. We could continue with our current system of copyright and enforce this; we could reform copyright and enforce this; we could abolish copyright and still enforce this. The important thing is that every law is seen as a tradeoff and every tradeoff is judged on its benefit to society as a whole. IMHO, we're not doing this with copyright law. -- There is no TRUTH. There is no REALITY. There is no CONSISTENCY. There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. I'm very probably wrong. -- BSD fortune(6) _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold