[opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies

I'm afraid I tend to agree with our country's forefathers.

I guess I tend to be libertarian (not the political party but the
philosophy) so long as a strong moral foundation is followed.  Under such,
I think that people should be given the opportunity to use the media but
not abuse it.  But that is just me.

That being said, I don't download media from the internet unless provided
by the rightful owners, I don't copy media, I don't distribute media, I
don't bypass any technology to see media or copy it, I don't connect to
media I don't pay for, etc.  That is where the strong moral base is
necessary.  And I hear that if I follow the law and copyrights, I can watch
live FOTA, play my DVD, and stream from the appropriate content
distributors, and that is about it.  In fact, by the discussion on this
board, it doesn't sound like I can even time-shift FOTA.  If that is what I
must do to follow the law, it sounds like that is the owner's right.

So if the media providers want to strangle the programming to prevent
abuse, so be it.  However, I will oppose any law or "principle" that
prevents the people from receiving and using communications of civil
happenings.  This would include News and other such programming.  At the
very least, with the contract The People have with broadcasters, they must
that on our open, public air waves.  I'm not so sure that we will have that
in the future the way we are giving up the ability to watch media "by
contract".

Dan






                                                                       
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As long as we are trying to be fair here...

The original intent of those who wrote the Constitution would tend to
favor fair use over the rights of the creator of the intellectual
property. The framers were concerned about the ability of content
owners to use the power of government to protect their rights to the
detriment of society.They believed, as I do today, that the rapid
proliferation of new ideas and the ability for "the people" to use
these ideas and build upon them trumps the rights of the creators to
protect and benefit from them into perpetuity. Thus the Constitution
was framed in a manner to limit the rights of the creators of
intellectual property fo that give them exclusive r the benefit of
the entire country.
...
I think it would be more  than fair to say that the framers would be
very pissed off about what has happened to their original intent as
it relates to patents and copyrights.

There is a rich history behind fair use that predates our Constitution....

Regards
Craig



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