copyright outdated (Re: US to Ease Crypto Export)

[Adam Back]

It is my view that existing copyright law is becoming outdated.  The
internets possibilities for publishing are making this increasingly
obvious.

Personally I prefer people to post the whole article rather than give
a reference.  It saves me having to go track down the text, which
often times disappears after a few months.

If the referred text is online also I really can't see how the
copyright holder is harmed -- if it is on their web page with open
access anyway.

Personally I couldn't really care if the article was scanned from some
paper journal, it adds to convenience to have the article online if
the articles publishers are still publishing on dead trees.

So what are you going to do about it anyway: the net is for most
purposes censorship proof, and people can publish whatever they want.
I think it is best to adjust to reality, and live with it.

Keep it up JYA!

One has to wonder who stands to gain from WIPO also; I somehow doubt
that it is the individual.  I suspect it is more to do with media
empires trying to stuff the genie back into the bottle.

Crypto controls are somewhat similar in the futile attempted stuffing
of genies back into bottle area.

Adam