Posts Tagged by intellectual property
The draconian effect of copyright law
| May 9, 2011 | Posted by Joe Towse under culture, entertainment, international, technology |
N.B. Sorry that this is a long read, but it is a very broad subject. I’m willing to answer any questions. ‘Copyright’ was a term that first came into being after the Statute Of Anne in 1709 – this was intended to protect the publishers of books against unwanted pirating of their works. That statute allowed authors and publishers to apply for the exclusive right to create copies of books that were their intellectual property; however, instead of creating any automatic or perpetual right, this was originally for 14 years, and then another 14 if the copyright owner was still alive, and only applied if the owner made the application to have said copyright. Furthermore, it only restricted the creation… more
