Comments on: Laws don't replace skill or talent http://baniverso.com/2009/09/laws-dont-replace-skill-or-talent/ Desenvolvedora de software e analista web Tue, 04 May 2010 13:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bani http://baniverso.com/2009/09/laws-dont-replace-skill-or-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Bani Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:09:36 +0000 http://baniverso.com/?p=99#comment-12 Here is an interesting interview with cartoonist Nina Paley about copyright restrictions: http://questioncopyright.org/nina_paley_sita_interview Here is an interesting interview with cartoonist Nina Paley about copyright restrictions: http://questioncopyright.org/nina_paley_sita_interview

]]> By: Chester http://baniverso.com/2009/09/laws-dont-replace-skill-or-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Chester Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:55:22 +0000 http://baniverso.com/?p=99#comment-11 IMHO, the fact that laws get reinterpreted, twisted and extended whenever a major corporation's asset (whose creators have died long ago) gets threatened is proof enough that the interests of living, mostly underpaid authors is never at consideration when those laws are discussed. Lessig has a major point about it when he describes his battle against those extensions in Free Culture. And you have a major point regarding how we can improve the quality of works by getting rid of overprotective laws. IMHO, the fact that laws get reinterpreted, twisted and extended whenever a major corporation’s asset (whose creators have died long ago) gets threatened is proof enough that the interests of living, mostly underpaid authors is never at consideration when those laws are discussed.

Lessig has a major point about it when he describes his battle against those extensions in Free Culture. And you have a major point regarding how we can improve the quality of works by getting rid of overprotective laws.

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