SEIV is being Pirated

[tesco samoa]

For the number 2. The license follows the software. When you sell it to the the book store they are now the license holders. When they sell it to the next person they take over the license. Now since royalities and anything else were paid with the first initial buying of the product I believe that the life of the product and where it goes should not generate more royality payment.
To me this is fine. It is the way it should be.

I think the question here is the actual question of intellectual property.

I personaly think that the system under its current model does not work.

I think their should be a time limit set on the property. Say 20 years then it becomes public domain no matter what. And that for those 20 years that intellectual property must be protected to the fullest extent of the law and all money generated from it should go to what ever the contract on that said item gets. (really bad wording sorry)

The problem with this issue is that it has become like a debate about the existence of God. Either you believe or you don't and their is no way of changing the other persons opinions.

Right now copy right laws are being revamped. And what happens in the next 10 years will shape the future of intellectual property for the next 50 years. This is occuring in all fields ( just look at the radio transmission laws or even the RIAA )and I personally believe that the governing bodies do not hold the consumer in the best interest.

Copy right is not a moral debate. But people argue on that stance ( look at my Last sentance from the previous paragraph).

I think this gets in the way of the real issues.

Public domain should be protected. Open license agreements should be protected. Intellectual property should be protected. And the law should be protected.

It is a balancing act. But one area should not remove the idology and protections of another area.

Question.

In Canada we have the home Users agreement. It allows us to record music , tv and radio for our personal enjoyment.

But we pay royalites for purchasing blank media.
And devices are being introduced that break the home Users agreement.

The question I ask is:

What should be the home Users rights be now and what should become?

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