Joel Tenenbaum was fined $150,000 per song just “doing what kids do on the Internet”, his defender, a Harvard Law Professor “told the court”. The feeling we get when we see a digital product on the Internet is “it does not feel like stealing” says a law graduate in a Paris University. Europe is an even greater user of the Internet than the United States.
http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsclipart/internet/index.htm
It is important to clearly define the limits of use and the rights of users so that continued entertainment and newly developed creations can continue in cyberspace. Laws need reform - the laws that exist are old and outdated. Law school teachers are assembling to work on reform. Canadian students are helping to change laws in Canada. Copyright is of utmost importance to teachers and students – as it is their world reality.
There is a lot of support of the thought of a global license that would permit unlimited media usage. It would be paid for in the form of a tax. Still there are others who prefer to punish for “music piracy.” France wants to “criminalize music file sharing.” They fear a loss of control over one’s own work. It could de-value the work. The British Government and law professors are considering the “three strikes law.”
“Anyone convicted of three separate violent felonies must be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.” (Retrieved from http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Three+strikes+law)
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An advisor to Creative Commons is looking at filters to “prevent downloading of copyrighted material.”
Joel Tenebaum’s case is prepared to appeal up to the Supreme Court in their stance in this debate.
Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/global/02iht-riedmedia.html?sq=Apushin la
December 2, 2009 by: Nazanin Lankarani
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