Comments on: Critique of the ICC’s report on the digital economy in Europe http://www.technollama.co.uk/critique-of-the-iccs-report-on-the-digital-economy-in-europe Not Just Another Technology Law Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daron http://www.technollama.co.uk/critique-of-the-iccs-report-on-the-digital-economy-in-europe/comment-page-1#comment-6913 Daron Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2700#comment-6913 Greetings, Cool post. I have only found out about the blogosphere within the last couple of weeks and I am completely addicted!! It's websites like this that are to blame! =) I've been so encouraged that I made the decision to create my own site. I am in the middle of doing some research for an article i am writing and was wondering if I may link to your article? I think it will be of great interest to my viewers. Kind regards! Keep up the good work. Daron Greetings, Cool post. I have only found out about the blogosphere within the last couple of weeks and I am completely addicted!! It’s websites like this that are to blame! =) I’ve been so encouraged that I made the decision to create my own site. I am in the middle of doing some research for an article i am writing and was wondering if I may link to your article? I think it will be of great interest to my viewers. Kind regards! Keep up the good work. Daron

]]> By: innerhippy» Blog Archive » Why I Like Pirates http://www.technollama.co.uk/critique-of-the-iccs-report-on-the-digital-economy-in-europe/comment-page-1#comment-4431 innerhippy» Blog Archive » Why I Like Pirates Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:02:37 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2700#comment-4431 [...] These bad pirates were stealing all sorts of music and movies which made a lot of people very upset, but in particular the big important companies that look after musicians. Some cleaver people in France said that pirates would soon cost these companies €240 billion and 1.2 million jobs. [...] [...] These bad pirates were stealing all sorts of music and movies which made a lot of people very upset, but in particular the big important companies that look after musicians. Some cleaver people in France said that pirates would soon cost these companies €240 billion and 1.2 million jobs. [...]

]]> By: Mo http://www.technollama.co.uk/critique-of-the-iccs-report-on-the-digital-economy-in-europe/comment-page-1#comment-3935 Mo Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:14:21 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2700#comment-3935 I just stumbled across this post via a comment on the Guardian; it’s an excellent critique and does a great job of highlighting the grave errors in the report. (I just spotted that you’d linked to my write-up on it at the bottom, too — thanks!) I just stumbled across this post via a comment on the Guardian; it’s an excellent critique and does a great job of highlighting the grave errors in the report.

(I just spotted that you’d linked to my write-up on it at the bottom, too — thanks!)

]]> By: Jan http://www.technollama.co.uk/critique-of-the-iccs-report-on-the-digital-economy-in-europe/comment-page-1#comment-3727 Jan Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:13 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2700#comment-3727 The internet gives music authors great opportunities to step over the old physical distribution platforms, such as vinyl, tapes and CD's and their respective connected companies. The legal environment gives authors great possibilities. Copyright is a very strong legal right in the hands of authors. Most of them tend to give to much of their rights away to record and music publishing companies. Alternatives tend to develop slow because it is a very difficult (commercial as well as legal) field. Creative Commons solves some of the problems but this alternative was developed with open source software in mind. DIY for cashing on your rights is something music authors will not easily go into. It is therefore that they flee into the hands of collecting societies and music companies. But managing your own (music) authoring rights can very well be done through the internet on a marketplace where authors and (business) users meet. With clear licences, free and legal downloads for home users, and a small fee for business users. Go to www.villamusicrights.com to see such an alternative. Society needs new music copyright models to prevent that the music industry makes 3/4 of our society criminals that might face disconnection from the internet because of (il)legal downloads. The internet gives music authors great opportunities to step over the old physical distribution platforms, such as vinyl, tapes and CD’s and their respective connected companies. The legal environment gives authors great possibilities. Copyright is a very strong legal right in the hands of authors. Most of them tend to give to much of their rights away to record and music publishing companies. Alternatives tend to develop slow because it is a very difficult (commercial as well as legal) field. Creative Commons solves some of the problems but this alternative was developed with open source software in mind. DIY for cashing on your rights is something music authors will not easily go into. It is therefore that they flee into the hands of collecting societies and music companies.

But managing your own (music) authoring rights can very well be done through the internet on a marketplace where authors and (business) users meet. With clear licences, free and legal downloads for home users, and a small fee for business users. Go to http://www.villamusicrights.com to see such an alternative. Society needs new music copyright models to prevent that the music industry makes 3/4 of our society criminals that might face disconnection from the internet because of (il)legal downloads.

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