Quote:
Originally Posted by holograph
companies are able to create their own markets, so when does one looses right to monopoly on that market? and should they loose market monopoly at all?
|
copyright is not a market create monopoly it is a government granted one
you own the exclusive right to the commercial distribution of the content (while the fair use distribution must be free market)
you have a right to maximize your profits within that monopoly, it only bad when you try and extend it to another market (ie medium)
being a monopoly is not a crime, there are dozens of good monopolies (petro canada for example)
in this example, if the mediums (tv/theater/dvd/payperview/etc) competed all the liciencing fees would still go back to the copyright holder (content monopoly)
all the money would be theirs.
You are not costing them their monoply
it still exists
the only thing that disappears is the extra money that comes from destroying the free market competition between the mediums.
That what kane is complaining about losing. I am just pointing out that it has nothing to do with content monopoly revenue that the copyright holder is entitled too.
It outside the scope of that exclusive right, and therefore should be outside the scope to sue for when attempting to stop.