Comments on: Copyright and the blogosphere: it is not a left-wing issue http://www.barrelstrength.com/2008/01/28/copyright-and-the-blogosphere-it-is-not-a-left-wing-issue/ Over Proof Opinion, Smoothly Aged Insight Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:59:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Brand http://www.barrelstrength.com/2008/01/28/copyright-and-the-blogosphere-it-is-not-a-left-wing-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Chris Brand Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.barrelstrength.com/2008/01/28/copyright-and-the-blogosphere-it-is-not-a-left-wing-issue/#comment-10 To me, the key reason for conservatives to support balanced copyright is because every right granted to a copyright holder is taken away from the owner of tangible property. Without copyright, I can do almost anything I like with a book that I buy (the exceptions being things like killing people). Copyright takes some of those rights from me, the owner of the copy, and gives them to the copyright holder instead. So if you are a strong supporter of property rights, you should oppose ever stronger and longer copyrights. To me, the key reason for conservatives to support balanced copyright is because every right granted to a copyright holder is taken away from the owner of tangible property.

Without copyright, I can do almost anything I like with a book that I buy (the exceptions being things like killing people). Copyright takes some of those rights from me, the owner of the copy, and gives them to the copyright holder instead.

So if you are a strong supporter of property rights, you should oppose ever stronger and longer copyrights.

]]> By: Russell McOrmond http://www.barrelstrength.com/2008/01/28/copyright-and-the-blogosphere-it-is-not-a-left-wing-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Russell McOrmond Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:54:35 +0000 http://www.barrelstrength.com/2008/01/28/copyright-and-the-blogosphere-it-is-not-a-left-wing-issue/#comment-9 Might I suggest true conservatives help us with our <a HREF="http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/" rel="nofollow">Petition to protect Information Technology property rights</A>. The anti-circumvention legislation isn't about extending protection for intangible property as much as it is about extinguishing tangible property rights for information technology owners. Might I suggest true conservatives help us with our Petition to protect Information Technology property rights. The anti-circumvention legislation isn’t about extending protection for intangible property as much as it is about extinguishing tangible property rights for information technology owners.

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