16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
6:56 p.m.
On Wed August 16 2006 16:34, Lee Revell wrote:
I don't think that the DMCA has anything to do with sampling. I
suppose the crackdown on that over the last 20 years is really
based on recent case law rather than any specific legislation.
But in a broader sense, the 1976 and Sonny Bono acts, in addition
to the DMCA, are what have most enabled the notion that a copy
of an intangible good is equivalent to a tangible one.
Certainly Bill Gates would have gotten nowhere without the
former, and none of them would have been passed without a lot of
lobbying by those who'd already made millions selling copies of
intangible things before it was possible for anyone to make
those copies.
Rob
It's true
that copyright holders managed to get the laws
changed in most places to fit what they would like reality
to be, but reality remains unchanged. Copying is still just
copying, not moving.
By "managed to get the laws changed" are you
referring to the
US constitution? English common law from the 18th century?
Copyright didn't start with the DMCA you know...