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Litigation doesn't change the behaviour  
Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
People file share. There is little empathy for the companies who say they are losing vast sums of revenue due to it. Litigation of ordinary citizens for vast sums of money in damages does nothing to change the apathy, if anything it causes a greater degree of it. The data that companies use to demonstrate that file sharing hurts them is flawed. People want to share, it is in our nature.
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Solution #1: Don't make it illegal
Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01.
If the attitude towards file sharing could be changed to a more positive one then there are monetization opportunities. As an example, if a person shares content with people and that results in a sale then the sharer would receive some form of compensation, say credits via a redeemable code that the purchaser enters. Change the perception of the activity and recognize the potential benefits the change can represent.
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Solution #2: Legal copyright protections that encourage monetization
Written by Tamir the 17 Aug 09 at 23:57.
Along with an attitude shift, maybe it would be useful to produce some form of legislative incentives in the coming copyright bill that would encourage content creators to develop monetization schemes?

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Signing on to Final Document  
Written by Tamir the 27 Jul 09 at 21:14. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
How should contributors be identified in the final submission?
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Solution #1: Sign final document with All Contributor Pseudonymns
Written by Tamir the 27 Jul 09 at 21:14.
The final document can contain the name of everyone who submitted an idea as well as anyone that voted x amount of times.

Include an opt-out?

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Copyright Act and private agreements  
Written by Tamir the 20 Aug 09 at 14:44. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
Should the Copyright Act include limitations on the types of conditions rights holders and other parties can impose?

Licensing agreements can often far overreach the scope of copyright protection.

More importantly, perhaps, ISPs in other jurisdictions have been making deals with copyright holders to cut off customers accused of infringing, and now even to block certain sites like Pirate's Bay altogether.

Thoughts? Solutions?
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Solution #1: Retain ISP immunity clauses
Written by Tamir the 20 Aug 09 at 14:44.
ISPs are currently immune from liability under the copyright for merely transmitting copyrighted material. However, they may have an obligation to take down infringing material if notified of it by a rights holder.

ISPs should not be the ones making such decisions. A Notice-Notice system should be more clearly incorporated into the Act, where ISPs are required to do no more than notify accused customers that they have been accused of infringing copyright.

Would this be enough?

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