Thursday, March 4, 2010
Feelings about copyright infringement laws
I just read an article in a New Zealand newspaper of a new proposed punishment for online copyright infringement. New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, is struggling to find a law to overcome this complex issue. Last year they proposed that these illegal downloaders be banned from ever using the Internet and now they are thinking of a fine and suspension instead. I don't have the answer to this complex issue, but I believe the laws should error on the side of simplicity. I feel this way because of the great expense it would be for a government to try to enforce such complex laws. I imagine that it would take a great deal of time and energy to actually find the guilty to punish--let alone ban them from ever using the Internet. Instead, I believe that we should spend our time and energy creating technology to protect the majority of people from even breaking the law in the first place. An example of this is Itunes, because it allows people to easily access music while still maintaining copyright laws.
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