Re: [dvd-discuss]Long Term Copyright just invites lawsuits

[Lars Gaarden <larsg(at)eurorights.org>]

microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:
 >
> True. All you need to read is the CTEA testimony

URL? Sounds like fun reading for the week-end. :)

> Oh but this is so much better than land....it's treading on thoughts.."Oh no it 
> isn't" intones Justice Ginsberg, "there's always the expression/idea dichotomy" 
> NOnsense....its the expression of the idea dissemination monopoly.

Well.. It used to be, before the media cartel landsharks started
sending nastygrams to anyone using a logo that might look like a
lizard on their web page and taking even remotely derivative works to
court.

Oh sure, the courts tend to get it right most of the time. However,
the risk of a defeat and the costs of going to court is in itself a
significant barrier to fair use. I'm wondering what can be done to
remove or lower that barrier.

-- 
LarsG