Comments on: Kindle Text to Speech http://www.mcleanweb.ca/neverwas/index.php/20090227_kindle-text-to-speech/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:14:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Terrence McLean http://www.mcleanweb.ca/neverwas/index.php/20090227_kindle-text-to-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-57670 Terrence McLean Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:31:44 +0000 http://www.mcleanweb.ca/neverwas/?p=153#comment-57670 JerryD, You give a lot of things here to think about and digital just makes it harder, but I don't think anything you said changes the premise that over the years technology has changed the arts and to survive one needs to adapt. JerryD,

You give a lot of things here to think about and digital just makes it harder, but I don’t think anything you said changes the premise that over the years technology has changed the arts and to survive one needs to adapt.

]]> By: JerryD http://www.mcleanweb.ca/neverwas/index.php/20090227_kindle-text-to-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-55605 JerryD Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:03:31 +0000 http://www.mcleanweb.ca/neverwas/?p=153#comment-55605 The 'fair' use of copyrighted material continues to be an issue. What can an individual legally do with something that is legally purchased in the open market? What are the limits on the use of intellectual property? If I buy a movie on DVD do I have the moral/legal 'right' to show that movie to a family member or friend or even to 'loan' that DVD to a family member or friend who then may allow someone that I don't know to watch it? Could I collect 'donations' from the people that watch the DVD to defray my cost of the DVD, TV, and utilities? We all understand that making multiple copies of the movie and then selling those copies is both legally and morally wrong but what about allowing the use of the intellectual property by other people without providing compensation to the copyright holder? What about selling the original DVD at a yard sale after my family and friends have watched the movie? These uses, as questioned above, of the DVD do not compensate the original producer for their 'intellectual' investment. This is also the case for music CD's, software programs, vinyl records, tapes, hard and soft cover books and anything that one person produces that can be used by others. At what point does a person stop receiving compensation for the property that is a product of his efforts? The underling question is what are property rights, who holds the property rights and when does the person holding those property rights give up those property rights. JerryD The ‘fair’ use of copyrighted material continues to be an issue. What can an individual legally do with something that is legally purchased in the open market? What are the limits on the use of intellectual property? If I buy a movie on DVD do I have the moral/legal ‘right’ to show that movie to a family member or friend or even to ‘loan’ that DVD to a family member or friend who then may allow someone that I don’t know to watch it? Could I collect ‘donations’ from the people that watch the DVD to defray my cost of the DVD, TV, and utilities? We all understand that making multiple copies of the movie and then selling those copies is both legally and morally wrong but what about allowing the use of the intellectual property by other people without providing compensation to the copyright holder? What about selling the original DVD at a yard sale after my family and friends have watched the movie? These uses, as questioned above, of the DVD do not compensate the original producer for their ‘intellectual’ investment. This is also the case for music CD’s, software programs, vinyl records, tapes, hard and soft cover books and anything that one person produces that can be used by others. At what point does a person stop receiving compensation for the property that is a product of his efforts? The underling question is what are property rights, who holds the property rights and when does the person holding those property rights give up those property rights.

JerryD

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