Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part One Theoretical issues in media rights
- Part Two Case studies in media rights
- 4 Music and copyright
- 5 Broadcasting rights to sport
- 6 Independent television producers and media rights
- 7 Celebrity and image rights
- 8 Intellectual property and the internet
- 9 Conclusion: media rights and the commons
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
9 - Conclusion: media rights and the commons
from Part Two - Case studies in media rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part One Theoretical issues in media rights
- Part Two Case studies in media rights
- 4 Music and copyright
- 5 Broadcasting rights to sport
- 6 Independent television producers and media rights
- 7 Celebrity and image rights
- 8 Intellectual property and the internet
- 9 Conclusion: media rights and the commons
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
The street finds its own use for the law of unintended consequences. Technology will change the way the copyright industry makes its ungodly sums of money, but it won't eliminate it. No one can predict what the innovative ways of selling entertainment will be – that's innovation for you – but it will come.
(Cory Doctorov, 2002)I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that. I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world to change. The more people who see it the better, so I'm happy this is happening. Is it wrong for someone who's bought a film on DVD to let a friend watch it for free? Of course it's not. It never has been and never will be. I think information, art and ideas should be shared.
(Documentary activist Michael Moore, quoted in Bruce, 2004)- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Media Rights and Intellectual Property , pp. 131 - 143Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2005