2. Contents 1. Why copyright models of the past belong in the past. 2. Is today's copyright models stable enough for everyone concerned? 3. What kind of copyright models should be expected in the future.
3. Why copyright models of the past belong in the past. “ Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.” - George Bernard Shaw (Irish Littérateur, Critic, and Playwright. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950) Long gone are the days when copyright law gave legal rights to creative people, it now promotes piracy. The law is no longer appropriate in the 21st century. Copyright law has repositioned itself from the original intention of honoring inventions to converting into monopolies that protect antique business moguls. On top of that, there is new laws coming in 2011 which will give people the right to 'format shift' and share files between friends and peers as long as no money changes hand. Pirateparty.org.uk stated “We want a fair and balanced copyright law that is suitable for the 21st century. Copyright should give artists the first chance to make money from their work, however that needs to be balanced with the rights of society as a whole.” but they are going the wrong way about it and will impact the economy in a negative way.
4. Is today's copyright models stable enough for everyone concerned? NO!! The original intentions behind today's copyright models are in favour of large corporations and powerful individuals, not minority cultures or people who have fewer resources to fight for their right to use either the idea or its expression in their own work. People with very fewer resources often do not have the authority to file a suit against powerful individuals, and if they do, they very rarely win cases. For example; Timbaland sampled a track from a Bollywood film called 'Aradhana', which was then used in rapper The Game’s song entitled ‘Put You on the Game.’ Timbaland was proven guiltless and cleared of misconduct only because the original copyright owner was not legally owning the copyright and thus lacked the legal resources to bring the copyright infringement into action.
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because bigger corporations know that wilful infringement will result in paying heavy fines, so they do everything in their power to prove that they are not guilty, sometimes even before they infringe someone's copyright. Some powerful individuals even go to the extent of creating fake influences
