Ask Pg: what's your view on copyright laws?

3 points

18 years ago

There are 2 sides presented by 2 reputed sources (Michael Arrington and Hank Williams), and they both have couple of valid points:

1. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/27/its-time-to-rethink-copyright-law/

2. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/michael_arrington_on_copyright_wrong

My point is that, time has arrived where original content creator/artist (musician, writer etc.) has to decide how they want to publish their content and make money. Self-publishing is gaining momentum in the book arena, the same can happen in music, movie and tv - the only thing is someone has to make self-publishing and internet distribution eco-system simple and affordable (wow! here is the business idea).

The other platform that can be explored is creative commons. Licensing under creative commons and sharing content freely with the support of some kind of revenue generation is one of the best option (i think).