Reaching what I can only think of as an obvious conclusion, a Harvard Business School professor has published a paper arguing that interpreting copyright exceptions narrowly harms investment in innovation. The paper is here.
This ties in nicely with an editorial piece here, which argues that the protection of business models — as copyright does — promotes the protection of profits in the face of change. It does not cite all of its facts, but the theory is interesting to consider nonetheless.
related to this, last year the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) launched a consultation on changes it proposed to introduce to the UK's copyright framework, a summary of the responses it received which detail "distinct divergence of views" on the issue of a private copying exemption, which would enable individuals to freely make a copy of copyrighted work for their own personal use without infringing copyright.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ipo.gov.uk/copyright-summaryofresponses-pdf
distinct divergence of views
ReplyDeleteShocking, I tell you! For the most part, those with entrenched rights won't want people making any form of use without more money coming in their direction!