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A person by the name of Zoe Blade has created an e-petition to legalize the not-for-profit sharing of copyrighted media, aka file-sharing.
It comes in the wake of efforts by UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), backed by by copyright holder groups like UK Music, to disconnect repeat file-sharers from the Internet.
“The law should reflect what the majority of persons are doing with current technology, not the interests of a minority of persons working for corporations,” it reads. “The majority of persons seem to freely share copyrighted materials whether directly or indirectly. This should cause corporations to update their business models accordingly, not to use valuable police and court resources enforcing laws written before such technology was available, that were intended for professional bootleggers rather than the public at large.”
Using legislation to solve an ostensibly business-related problem is the heart of what Blade thinks is wrong with the “three-strikes” solution to P2P. It also runs the risk of creating an internet controlled by and for big business as they are certain to ask for further sanctions.
Moreover, copyright laws are intended to punish those who profit from the works of others and was never intended for those who would give it away for free.
It’s time we recognized the distinction.
Stay tuned.
jared@zeropaid.com
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