Comments on: Copyright Reform Survey – What Do You Think? http://www.slaw.ca/2009/08/19/copyright-reform-survey-what-do-you-think/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Morris http://www.slaw.ca/2009/08/19/copyright-reform-survey-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-706298 Bob Morris Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:45:30 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=11269#comment-706298 Most people would also like to see legal fees massively reduced, lawyers required to donate significant free time in rteurn for their monopoly on providing legal services, and more competition from paralegals. In the real world, P2P is in most cases blatant theft and the fact that people expect it really isn't relevant Most people would also like to see legal fees massively reduced, lawyers required to donate significant free time in rteurn for their monopoly on providing legal services, and more competition from paralegals. In the real world, P2P is in most cases blatant theft and the fact that people expect it really isn't relevant

]]> By: gordonmcdowell http://www.slaw.ca/2009/08/19/copyright-reform-survey-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-706293 gordonmcdowell Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:21:01 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=11269#comment-706293 In short, I'd like to see shorter copyright durations, and copyright violators only pursued by federal gov when something is being bought or sold (commercial copyright violations). Anything less (like sharing via P2P) should not be fought with tax dollars. P2P is a form of market pressure which pushes the cost of content down, and forces industries to recognize the level of convenience expected by consumers... make all movies and TV shows available on-demand and without copy protection which makes them harder to consume. In short, I'd like to see shorter copyright durations, and copyright violators only pursued by federal gov when something is being bought or sold (commercial copyright violations).

Anything less (like sharing via P2P) should not be fought with tax dollars. P2P is a form of market pressure which pushes the cost of content down, and forces industries to recognize the level of convenience expected by consumers… make all movies and TV shows available on-demand and without copy protection which makes them harder to consume.

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