Copyright vs. Community
by
Jeanne Rasata
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Published on
Jan 07, 2012 02:44 PM
Kanpur, India - main auditorium of IIT Kanpur
| When |
Jan 28, 2012
from 06:30 PM to 09:00 PM |
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| Where | Kanpur, India |
| Contact Name | Nagesh Rathi |
| Contact Phone | +91 97941 70789 |
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Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other direction.
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