Copyright discussions

Had an interesting discussion about copyright referring to an article by Cory Doctorow : "A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator".

Because of a small oversight in old versions of the licenses created 12 years ago, a new generation of legal predator has emerged to wage a new campaign of legal terror, digital activist Cory Doctorow says.

There is a trend towards automated searching and contacting people and organizations in order to combat copyright infringements. There is discussion about whether that constitutes 'trolling' or whether it is a cheaper way for creators to protect their property rights.

There is a **boundary** between predatory behavior and responsibly defending property rights. The question is whether these automated approaches are taking into account very different cases (say a small non-profit or a personal blog of an individual versus a big corporate blog). Do they explain why they demand a certain amount to be paid? Why that amount and not another one?

What is more generally involved here are the ethics of the use of algorithms in court cases. Since more of our lives is happening online (Metaverse Signals) and more digital objects become 'scarce' as they are linked to a blockchain, cases about copyright and digital fraud will only go up.

Source: Doctorow