aimeeandbeatles
watermelon
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The thing is, I'm quite in favour of IP rights over innovative products and technologies, and protecting IP generators from companies ripping off their ideas. I want to ensure that intellectual property rights are well protected, so that innovative firms and individuals can continue to generate new ideas and profit from them. The profit motive is a powerful one, and protecting IP in technology is important. The world needs more innovative products like iPads or cancer drugs. If piracy killed innovative firms like Apple or GSK, that would be a disaster.
However, I really don't give a rat's ass about the Film or Music industry. Does the world really need another Justin Beiber? If piracy killed Universal or Warner, that would be a minor inconvenience.
At times I wonder how much issue would be solved if they made a law saying you could not sue for more than what you would have actually lost. For example if someone downloads an MP3 that is not available as a single or something, sue them the cost of to purchase the album. If someone takes music for an advertisement (or makes a suspiciously similar song that's clearly a ripoff), sue them for the default cost it would be to license the song. I think this would cut down on a lot of silly lawsuits where a record label sues some kid for a couple million because he downloaded 5 tracks.