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Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 5 months ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The key problem is that copyright infringement by a private individual is regarded by the court as something so serious that it negates the right to privacy. It’s a sign of the twisted values that copyright has succeeded on imposing on many legal systems. It equates the mere copying of a digital file with serious crimes that merit a prison sentence, an evident absurdity.

This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Like, maybe tiered to something like 5 years: pay what it costs now, 10 years: 10 times that cost, and 15 years: 100 times, with a hard cap at 15? I could get behind that.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah. Something like that. Maybe don't even need a cap.

If you pay $2^n each year n to retain copyright then by year 30 you are into the billions.

[–] kryptonite@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

5 years: pay what it costs now

It doesn't cost anything to copyright something. You just automatically own the copyright to something you create.

(This may vary outside the US; I'm not familiar with international copyright law.)

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I thought there was a registration fee for copyright, but I think I mixed it up with trademark...