[opendtv] Re: speaking of truly troubled media ...
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:26:42 -0800
By and large, the IPR laws are sensible, at least in the context you are
describing.
How many people do you think use text-to-speech of e-books in public on
speakers? How many of the few people that hear such things have paid to
attend the performance? How many more tell the person to turn it down or
use headphones?
On most transit systems, being able to hear what someone is listening to is
actually punishable as a crime.
How many sighted people use text-to-speech in public?
What percentage of the book's content would the public hear? Reading a page
or two out loud of a 100-page book wouldn't seem to me to constitute a
public performance of the book.
Only a fool would take a blind person into court under this pretext because
the blind gal lost her headphones.
There are many defenses against such foolishness. About the only way for
the IPR holder to win is if the person was using text-to-speech to play a
hot book, before publication. Aside from that, the matter is a trifle.
Courts generally avoid trifles.
I should mention that copyright cases can only be heard in federal court,
and generally there, you need to have $20,000 or more at stake
Does anybody still believe that Tom Barry will grab any absurd proposition
to put forth the notion that constitutionally-protected IPR should be
eliminated?
John Willkie
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Enviado el: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:40 PM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: speaking of truly troubled media ...
I read books on my phone, with only a 3" diagonal screen. I wish the
display was just slightly larger for that, but still keeping mostly a
form factor I could clip on my belt as a phone.
I need reading glasses anyway so it doesn't really make that much
difference to me holding it at a short arms length.
I think I missed a post here since I'm not sure which NYT article is
being discussed. But, speaking of Kindle, I saw an article yesterday
stating some authors guild was trying to say the kindle was not allowed
to legally use text-to-speech to read the books because that qualified
as a public performance and was not covered under the book copyright.
Anybody still believe our IP laws are sensible? Anybody ever dreamed of
being a pirate?
- Tom
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> At 10:10 AM -0800 2/10/09, John Willkie wrote:
>> Bigger (and more resolute) seems to always be better to me. I suspect
>> you'd
>> feel the same way were the iPhone screen larger than Kindle's.
>>
>
> It is a trade-off John.
>
> The NYTimes article you found talks about 3 screens, one of which is
> mobile. The trade-off is that my iPhone fits into a pocket and I can
> take it anywhere. If it were the size of the Kindle that would be a big
> problem.
>
> That being said, I believe there is a gaping hole in the marketplace for
> a somewhat larger mobile device with something like a 7 inch diagonal
> screen. This device "could" include a phone, but I think it would make
> more sense as an iPod Touch than a phone. It would be a game player,
> Internet browser (when WiFi is available), a personal music and video
> player, and would work better than the current iPod Touch as "electronic
> paper" (i.e. Kindle).
>
> I like big screens too, but there is a lot of elegance and practicality
> in a small device that is highly portable.
>
> By the way, I almost NEVER do e-mail on my iPhone, although this is a
> very popular feature for traveling business folks. But I do have it
> configured so that I can receive messages if I need to when away from my
> notebook computer.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
>
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