Thanks for your comment. I agree that it could do with some level of control. Even a “back” button would be good so you can return to previous settings. And a “Save setting” button would be good too! Hopefully these things will be added via free updates!

This coming from Red Giant, I suppose I expected that. Hopefully they’ll add some in the future, as it is it’s a one-trick pony.

However, the copyright debate is confused by people that are not creative at all, they just want to download stuff for free. They make the case that “infinite goods” (such as digital music) cannot have value in itself. Artists must sell physical goods to earn income (this appears to be the view held by for example Techdirt). I do not share that view.

Back to the Artists: how about a shortening of the initial term and introducing progressively increasing renewal fees (got that idea from a comment on the Economist article) so that works do not end up in legal limbo? If the renewal isn’t paid the work becomes public domain. Everybody wins, no?

Creative Commons is an interesting idea, but I think it won’t fly because what we really want is to place works in the public domain – not “some rights reserved”. When I stared Trapcode People I investigated the CC licenses and I chose the public domain dedication for any work published at TP. So that anyone could use any work for any purpose. It seemed the only logical choice.

In the end, I think the artist himself should be able to decide how his work is used. For a limited time.

Sorry for the long posts. Trying to get this sorted in my head..

Peder

http://vimeo.com/10140879

Yes, I’ve included some links here to the sources but here are two more. you should also check out Mark’s link to his talk which helps you see things from another perspective too.

I think you have to weigh up how much it’s protecting you versus how much it’s protecting the publishers and big businesses. I think you’ll find it’s more in their interests than ours. I mean surely we need to be protected from the publishers not from our fellow artists!

If an independent artist takes something I’ve done and improves it, good on them! That’s called evolution! If they don’t improve it then folks will still want to come back to the original. If you have talent there will be plenty more where that came from anyway, you should have nothing to fear by sharing your work, as long as it’s done with respect.

I agree that there needs to be some regulation though. I think the Creative Commons approach is interesting but it’s not fail-safe. If they could regulate that it would be a better option.

http://creativecommons.org/

Another intersting option would be something like the PRS system for musicians;
http://www.prsformusic.com/Pages/default.aspx

but my favorite solution is that they bring back the artist patronage system so we don’t have to worry about money at all, leave that to the people who are good at that sort of thing and let us get on with making stuff look pretty!

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CAoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPatronage&ei=FTPPS4nYF4v80wTl8N3pDw&usg=AFQjCNEaQWX5sZTz5YJZZ9y-Xj67xM3DRw&sig2=g3Z0lqPL05jAZfWLEfwR1w

Anyone fancy patronising me? I’m game if you are!!!

I dunno, it certainly is a thorny issue.

I missed NAB and all my friends too! Hope to see you soon!

Angie x

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15868004

Origins of copyright on Wikipedia (see section about “control output of printers”); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne

I just think we need to be careful when screaming copyright reform because we might end up losing our rights. Copyright is after all given to the artist, not the publisher (unless the artist has a deal with a publisher).

Do you have a reference on copyright being “originally designed to prevent other publishers copying the work”?

Related: I really enjoy some of the bunker-Hitler spoofs. I wish there was a way for those to exist. I guess I wish the owner of that clip would make it available somehow.

btw – missed you at NAB!

Peder