tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post5172759206122763737..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: C&D letter causes UKNova to take down links to television content Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-26843236279698915792012-08-27T18:25:32.349+01:002012-08-27T18:25:32.349+01:00"...the public's point of view seems to b..."...the public's point of view seems to be: if I'm not making money from sharing content I'm not doing anything wrong"<br /><br />This part of your analysis is spot on, but I disagree that this is a source of misunderstanding that the public are making. I believe the public are right, and it's the law that is wrong. The principle that non-commercial sharing of information is a good thing, and should be legal legal right ought to have been written into copyright law from the start. This has only become a big issue in recent years because it's only recently that you didn't need your own printing press, library building or VHS duplicator to spread knowledge to your friends.<br /><br />It's time to listen to the public, and make copyright law obey the basic principle of freedom of expression in article 10 of the European Declaration of Human Rights by giving the public the right "to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and<br />regardless of frontiers."<br /><br />Every time a site like UKNova gets shut down, the Pirate movement gets more votes, FACT gets more enemies, and copyright reform gets a bit closer.Andrew Robinsonhttp://www.pirateparty.org.uknoreply@blogger.com