There's another side to this and it was Sony who got sued. They went so far with digital rights that you had to buy the same music for each device you owned. If you played the purchased CD in a player in the house, you couldn't use the CD player in the car or a portable player. You had to purchase the album 3 times. Today some sellers of music are reserving the rights to remove music from the device. Fair use won out.
I don't pirate, I'll pay for the music or book, but I won't use any of the big booksellers that have readers or apps. I'll find an independent and buy and stash the item offline for my use only.
Big stink years ago when Brother included Disney designs on the embroidery machines. Making garments and selling them with the designs was a no-no and quite understandable. They got a bit out of line on selling USED clothing at a garage sale (Seized it). Was just sold as used baby clothing, not the for the design. I'm not sure how this was resolved, but it had to be. You can pay premium for a Disney item at a Disney store and still donate it to the ARC or Goodwill when you no longer want it. People still sell same in garage sales. They haven't stopped doing it. Item was not originally made for sale. Outgrown gift.
Patent law needs an overhaul. Patents should be for a certain amount of time and that's that. Samsung and Apple were having a battle over patents that were sheer stupidity. Rounded vs square corners on cell phones. Both styles had been available for years on other phones with no protests. Black rectangle came under discussion, also dumb.
Every TV sold today is a black rectangle. Copying the design of working hardware or components used is a legitimate gripe. The problem is that Samsung as a parts maker sells to Apple. There's royalty fees all over.
We got quite a bit on copyright in Graphic Design.
This is now going on with ebooks, music and videos. I'd watch articles on these items to see which way the wind is going to blow.
Last edited by Weezy Rider; 12-18-2014 at 07:22 AM.