Comments on: Charles Cooper channels Andrew Keen

By: Fair use « tumbleblog

Fair use « tumbleblog — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:37:17 +0000

[...] Charles Cooper channels Andrew Keen Cooper links to the U.S. Copyright Code, but obviously hasnâ€™t thought about how it applies to Google News, or Google Print or any of the other things he lumps in with Napster. Fair use principles allow the use of snippets of text provided they are not for commercial use, and one consideration is how such use affects the market for the published work. So what if Googleâ€™s indexing actually makes a work more valuable, as appears to be the case? Does that still count as theft and immoral activity Charles? [...]

By: Martin Stabe » links for 2006-10-21

Martin Stabe » links for 2006-10-21 — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:23:20 +0000

[...] Mathew Ingram: Charles Cooper channels Andrew Keen A response to Charles Cooper: “What if Googleâ€™s indexing actually makes a work more valuable, as appears to be the case? Does that still count as theft and immoral activity Charles?” (tags: web2.0 copyright google googlenews) [...]

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:24:54 +0000

I guess we just need to think and talk about how to balance the conflicting desires of owners versus users, Haydn. Fortunately or unfortunately, copyright law is deliberately vague, and that means it is a constantly evolving trade-off between the rights of copyright holders and the good of the community as a whole. Saying everything should be free isn’t an answer, but nor is giving copyright holders unlimited power.

By: haydn

haydn — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:17:47 +0000

Ok – so how do we go about undersanding the issue without taking the easy route that’s there at each extreme – all content re-use is great, no content re-use should be allowed.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:05:51 +0000

Haydn, I don’t disagree that there are ownership issues, and that Google and YouTube will have to deal with them. But I don’t think stuff like Cooper and Keen are writing helps the discussion at all. And thanks for calling me “respected and careful” in your post :-)