This is why we shoudln't ask permission so much when it comes to copyright | The Travelin' LibrarianThe Travelin' Librarian

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-06-13

Summary:

" ... What upsets me the most is what Cory Doctorow calls our 'permission based culture.' The idea that in order to do anything we need to get someone’s permission first. Even if what you’re doing is obviously fair use, once one person asks permission, it will be expected that all future people must therefore ask for permission and that slowly erodes our rights as the users of culture. Which leads me to yesterday’s ruling in the Hathi Trust case ... Ok, sure, it took an expensive law suit, but if they’d asked permission first, what they’re doing wouldn’t have happened, and we wouldn’t know know that what they’re doing is fair use.  The bottom line: grow a spine people ..."

Link:

http://travelinlibrarian.info/2014/06/shoudlnt-ask-permission-much-comes-copyright/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.advocacy oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.fair_use oa.hathi oa.digitization oa.litigation oa.authors_guild oa.libre

Date tagged:

06/13/2014, 07:33

Date published:

06/13/2014, 03:33