When Copyright Goes Bad
April 21st, 2010
Nifty little film above by Ben Cato Clough and Luke Upchurch about the current situation with copyright and the possible future of copyright, Mash-ups and “remix culture” are included in the argument. This post is a continuation of two related films I posted here, back in November.
The state of copyright and the ins and outs of illegal downloading is a subject I hold dear to my heart and it was only this week while talking to a lawyer that I found out that downloading films and music from rapidshare etc and bit torrent is not actually illegal in Brazil. Apparently it is all linked to some kind of freedom of information where I, as a consumer, can download these things just to check them out, as it were. It does become illegal however, when I start selling things and making profit without paying the copyright owners.
