DISQUS

Mathew's comments: Charles Cooper channels Andrew Keen

  • Ian Delaney · 3 years ago
    Well said, Mathew. The article was lazy at best.
  • Mathew Ingram · 3 years ago
    Thanks, Ian. Just for fun, I added a picture that I hope conveys my feelings about Charles and Andrew in an even more graphical manner :-)
  • haydn · 3 years ago
    I wodner are we being over hasty dismissing these arguments - take a look today at Google taking 30,000 videos down. Like it or not ther are ownership issues tucked away in some of the cracks in Cooper's argument and if we address them we'll come to a better understanding of where the web will go.
  • Mathew Ingram · 3 years ago
    Haydn, I don't disagree that there are ownership issues, and that Google and YouTube will have to deal with them. But I don't think stuff like Cooper and Keen are writing helps the discussion at all. And thanks for calling me "respected and careful" in your post :-)
  • haydn · 3 years ago
    Ok - so how do we go about undersanding the issue without taking the easy route that's there at each extreme - all content re-use is great, no content re-use should be allowed.
  • Mathew Ingram · 3 years ago
    I guess we just need to think and talk about how to balance the conflicting desires of owners versus users, Haydn. Fortunately or unfortunately, copyright law is deliberately vague, and that means it is a constantly evolving trade-off between the rights of copyright holders and the good of the community as a whole. Saying everything should be free isn't an answer, but nor is giving copyright holders unlimited power.