Thursday night, I had a chance to speak at the government’s Copyright Consultation Toronto Townhall. I’ll post more detailed thoughts shortly, but in the meantime, Nick Dynice was kind enough to upload a video of my comments to YouTube.
I wasn’t expecting a chance to speak and hadn’t prepared much, but my name came up in the lottery in the last half hour or so. I’m not particularly happy with how I spoke — some parts felt awkward, and I had to cut other points due to time — but I’m glad could provide a different perspective compared to the ~80% of speakers who were folks from the music industry arguing for some combination of locks, levies and legislative responses to their business model problems.
I think you did a great job!
Thanks!
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How sad to watch theses people flounder, slowly going through the stages of grieving. Begging, threatening, crying, and complaining. If you chart out the current losses -vs- gains you see that nothing will stop the inevitable collapse and replacement of these industries.
collapse and replacement of these industries.
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The only thing that surprises me is that non-industry shills got to speak at all.
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One answer I’ve come up with is that sure, we’ll give them the copyright laws they want if, and only if, they’ll pay taxes on their "intellectual property" so long as they hold the copyright. This is only "fair" as these people are expecting us to enforce their property rights.
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Are you sure you didn’t stumble into a Health Care "Reform" meeting?
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"When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem."
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When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you need to receive that love in a different way.
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being a Canadian, I am really sad to see the consultation slowly sink into a farce.
The fact that the minister shows a non-caring attitude toward an unbalanced meeting basically means that this is all for nothing, a show, a farce for the government to show the voters that they are doing something. In the end they’ll just do whatever the industry tell them to and claim that they did consult with the public.
I am feeling pessimistic about our copyright future… sigh.
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Read the "Beat-to-Bit" article by Dmitry Silnitsky, posted on p2pnet.net website.
The patient is now in a psychiatric hospital, screaming like a slaughtered pig and smashing all medications on the table.
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I’m not sure what to think yet about Tony Clement. He and James Moore have made great speeches that show an understanding of various sides of the debate, and I’d bet Clement would be cautious to say anything negative about the record industry’s presence, because there’s real political pressure there and he can’t get on their bad side… but I’m not quite pessimistic yet.
It all depends on what the law actually looks like.
I’m not optimistic either, but I think there’s a chance that they won’t repeat Bill C-61. Though, that doesn’t mean they’ll get things right…
I don’t know, I think what’s most important now is to be active in the debate. Let’s make sure the Conservatives know how much backlash there will be toward another Bill C-61, and what the better alternatives are. They may not care much about copyright, but they sure as hell don’t want it to be controversial.
I’m not sure we can get a good copyright law (though flexible fair dealing would be huge), but we might be able to get one that doesn’t get in the way of innovation.
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In Canada the levy on recordable media was supposed to be the way to end the problem of copyright owners getting paid for their work. But instead of it being a solution, all it has done is make those same copyright holders want more. They will never be satisfied until they have sucked every last dollar from the public.
Never mind that one of the main problems is that some of the material they create is worthless commercially. All they think they have to do is create something, wait, and watch the riches come rolling in. What is even worse that the recording companies, not the creators are the ones profiting. Propping up failing business models by raping the public. Trying to sell the same old packaged media that no one wants, and whose quality diminishes each day. Look alike , and sound alike artists that do not give anyone a reason to spend good hard earned money. It is no wonder that consumers are downloading media first.
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Seems to me that even the most strident conservative (as in the Conservative party) would understand that propping up unworkable business models goes against market principles. Given time, and as you say … with experimentation, new enlightened business models will emerge and replace the record industry as it exists today. Maybe some of the more adventurous companies will cross this chasm successfully. Most won’t.
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oh the stories I could tell…..
Karma.
Have no mercy. None.
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The problem remains though, that although collective licensing may be a move in the right direction, short-term revenue from additional royalties and levies also increases barriers to innovation, making it harder for new sustainable long-term business models to emerge.
In other words, from the music industry perspective a win-win.
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But current blank media levies do go directly into artists’ pockets. The argument that it just benefits big labels simply isn’t true, at least not in Canada – http://cpcc.ca/english/infoCopyHolders.htm
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