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Question for people voting keep current copyright law: How do you live modern life without violating copyright law, or do you think it should stay the way it i

Question for people voting keep current copyright law: How do you live modern life without violating copyright law, or do you think it should stay the way it is but not be enforced?

twblalock 8y ago
I don’t see how I violate copyright law in my daily life. It’s not like I acidentally pirate movies.
- cameronhowe 8y ago
  Pirating movies is not the only way to violate copyright law. Taking photos of things without the correct permissions (freedom of panorama) sharing copyright protected things on social media I don't know anyone who doesn't violate some aspect of the law.
  - unstuckdev 8y ago
    Has anyone ever been successfully sued or fined over an IP-protected object in a shot where that object wasn't the focus?
    - cameronhowe 8y ago
      So first off, your question is irrelevant to my original question. I asked specifically if something is never enforced why should it be a law. None of the replies to my question has even addressed that :( Secondly, that is not what freedom of panorama means, it means you are allowed to take pictures of anything in the public space. See: https://expertphotography.com/freedom-of-panorama-photography/ https://expertphotography.com/freedom-of-panorama-photograph... Thirdly, wikipedia has examples of litigations. Fourthly, IP is not copyright. If you took a selfie with some top secret tech you signed an NDA not to reveal was in there you will probably get in big trouble \/ yes probably
      - unstuckdev 8y ago
        >> "None of the replies to my question has even addressed that" That's always a good sign the question wasn't clear.
Communitivity 8y ago
I think it may be impossible, as a professional software engineer, to not violate copyright/patent law. I am fuzzy on copyright versus patent, as IANAL, but as example, have you ever used Quicksort? From coursework created by P. Brooks of Duke University, https://www2.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall03/cps182s/oldproj/pwb_1/Probits_Final.doc https://www2.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall03/cps182s/oldproj/pwb_...: "Though Patent #5175,857, "System for Sorting Records Having Sorted Strings Each Having a Plurality of Linked Elements Each Element Next Recording Address," has a highly specific title, it actually protects a brought process of sorting that is frequently used by different members of the computer science community— a linked-list implemented well-known algorithm Quicksort."

Question for people voting keep current copyright law: How do you live modern life without violating copyright law, or do you think it should stay the way it is but not be enforced?

twblalock 8y ago

I don’t see how I violate copyright law in my daily life. It’s not like I acidentally pirate movies.

cameronhowe 8y ago
Pirating movies is not the only way to violate copyright law. Taking photos of things without the correct permissions (freedom of panorama) sharing copyright protected things on social media I don't know anyone who doesn't violate some aspect of the law.
- unstuckdev 8y ago
  Has anyone ever been successfully sued or fined over an IP-protected object in a shot where that object wasn't the focus?
  - cameronhowe 8y ago
    So first off, your question is irrelevant to my original question. I asked specifically if something is never enforced why should it be a law. None of the replies to my question has even addressed that :( Secondly, that is not what freedom of panorama means, it means you are allowed to take pictures of anything in the public space. See: https://expertphotography.com/freedom-of-panorama-photography/ https://expertphotography.com/freedom-of-panorama-photograph... Thirdly, wikipedia has examples of litigations. Fourthly, IP is not copyright. If you took a selfie with some top secret tech you signed an NDA not to reveal was in there you will probably get in big trouble \/ yes probably
    - unstuckdev 8y ago
      >> "None of the replies to my question has even addressed that" That's always a good sign the question wasn't clear.

Communitivity 8y ago

I think it may be impossible, as a professional software engineer, to not violate copyright/patent law. I am fuzzy on copyright versus patent, as IANAL, but as example, have you ever used Quicksort? From coursework created by P. Brooks of Duke University, https://www2.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall03/cps182s/oldproj/pwb_1/Probits_Final.doc https://www2.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall03/cps182s/oldproj/pwb_...: "Though Patent #5175,857, "System for Sorting Records Having Sorted Strings Each Having a Plurality of Linked Elements Each Element Next Recording Address," has a highly specific title, it actually protects a brought process of sorting that is frequently used by different members of the computer science community— a linked-list implemented well-known algorithm Quicksort."