Re: Cory Doctorow: What happens with digital rights management in the real world? [via Restricted Media Community Group]

By then it was just industry regulations to ensure the right to print to
someone for some time. Today's copyright is a different animal. It's
ridiculous, we cannot make people feel guilty or like criminals just to
make some companies more rich. The film industry is not in danger at all.


2014-02-07 Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>:

> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014, at 03:07 PM, Mhyst wrote:
> > Copyright is not a natural right we all have, but an agreement between
> > creators and the society.
>
> Actually, copyright was *originally* created as a means of religious and
> political censorship.  It later evolved into its current form - although
> that original use is still popular in certain circles.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law
>
> "The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts
> by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of
> printers."
>
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