Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[helen varley jamieson <helen AT creative-catalyst.com>]

that is really insane - the two photos don't even look that much like 
each other. what does this mean then for popular tourist photos, which 
are also on postcards or calendars by professional photographers???

next thing they'll be trying to make us pay for thinking something that 
someone else once thought before ...

h : (

On 5/03/12 12:56 PM, Danyl Strype wrote:
> Kia ora koutou
>
> Here is another disturbing example of all-rights-reserved copyright
> overstepping its original mission of rewarding and stimulating
> creativity, and doing exactly the opposite:
> http://falkvinge.net/2012/01/26/copyright-monopoly-goes-insane-non-copy-judged-as-infringing/
>
> There came a time in the history of the USA when a slave owner, even a
> kind slave owner who cared about his slaves and used their labour for
> the common good, had to decide whether to stand and fight on the side
> of slave ownership, or the side of slave freedom. I think the time has
> come when copyright owners have to decide whether to stand and fight
> on the side of creative ownership, or creative freedom.
>
> My message to artists and creators in all fields is this: choose well.
>
> Kia kaha
> Strypey


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