[OT] but concerns all of us

Jerry McAllister jerrymc at msu.edu
Thu Nov 17 17:18:12 UTC 2011


On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 07:55:02AM -0500, Jerry wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:28:57 -0300
> Mario Lobo articulated:
> 
> > Aren't there enough laws already to protect copyright?
> 
> Laws to protect copyrighted or patented goods certainly exist.
> Unfortunately, they are poorly enforced. There is no universal
> "standard" for copyright infringement, etcetera. The best way to
> protect copyrighted material is stopping its pilferage at the source;
> ie, making every entity in the chain of its illegal usage responsible.

So, implementing yet another law that will be poorly enforced will
help the problem??? 

This thing is a lawyers' bonanza, not a protection for content
creators.   Let the feeding frenzy begin - ???.   

////jerry


> 
> Theft is theft no matter how a socialist/fascist tries to color it.
> 
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