[Opensim-users] Content Theft and the responsibility of Grid Operators

[Karen Palen]

Which really comes back to my original point: IP laws (including DMCA) were
never intended to make a few "big content people rich, but to increase the
available "works" for everyone!

We are a long way from that!

Karen

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Robert Martin <robertltux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Karen Palen <karenpalensl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think the essential requirement is very similar even though the
> > implementation differs a whole lot.
> >
> > The person who claims to "own" the material being copied must present
> proof
> > that it is indeed being copied and not just a vague statement that " they
> > are using what looks a lot like my work".
> >
> > That much is universal!
> the big problem is that the DMCA is being used as a version of
> Maxwells Silver (sledge)Hammer so we have the big content folks doing
> keyword searches and catching
>
> 1 their own legitimate postings
> 2 postings that use the same keywords but are unrelated
> 3 what is actually fair use bits of content
> 4 Fan fiction (which the author has stated is allowed)
>
> --
> Robert L Martin
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