Professor Stuart Green interacting with the AFACT-iiNet case here in Australia. As reported by ABC he puts forward a view of copyright violation as “tresspass more than theft.” It’s a worthy metaphor that comes closer to the reality of “ownership” with reference to information compared to other assertion of property rights.
Posts Tagged ‘Intellectual Property’
What rights make sense?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Moving on a bit in a current thread on intellectual property. So far, the aim of having this discussion is to cut across the conservative Christian tendency to be absolutist about copyright. The right (or not) to copy something, unlike real “ownership” and “theft” is not the domain of black and white morality. It can [...]
What is Ownable?
Friday, November 20th, 2009To continue a thread, and to overcome the character limit on comment posts. Here is my response to Andrew: The joys of blogging – to get intelligent pushback and the honing of thoughts. In the comments to a previous post we have run into semantics about what is theft. I have posited deprivation as a [...]
The Proper Bounds of Intellectual Property
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Since my last post I’ve been asked by a number of people to post some thoughts about a Christian view of copyright. This is not an attempt to fully present that view (it is still somewhat in flux) but to set some initial bounds and directions for the discussion. In a subsequent post I will [...]
