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28.3.19
Copyright infringement
Stephen Fry denounces the overly aggressive strategies of the copyright industries as stupid in his speech at the London iTunes festival Summer 2009. The answers to the exercises in the photocopy are in "comments".
a) 1. False. It's the stupidiest thing to do. The one thing you want to do is to come to a sensible accommodation. 2. False. He doesn't believe that most of them are actually in favour of the draconian policing that their record companies and the PRS are doing. 3.True. “And yes, of course, if they’re young and they’re poor and they can get it free, they’ll get it free, but then frankly when they’ve got a job they find it easier to go into a shop and buy it or to download it through a normal paying institution or similar.” 4. False. He is aware of the possibility of being criticised for his views in public. It's very controversial and there will be articles in websites and newspapers. b) 5. He'd be accused of opening the door to all manner of piracy and his friends will call him irresponsible for stealing the bread from the mouth of poor songwriters and poor film-makers (he jokes he doesn't know any poor film-makers). 6. This has been debated by industry insiders (people who work in the music industry) and mavericks (outside the industry). 7. The consumers of music shouldn't be ignored. c) 8. can get free 9. created it 10. a reasonable price 11. supporter 12. current technology
a)
ReplyDelete1. False. It's the stupidiest thing to do. The one thing you want to do is to come to a sensible accommodation.
2. False. He doesn't believe that most of them are actually in favour of the draconian policing that their record companies and the PRS are doing.
3.True. “And yes, of course, if they’re young and they’re poor and they can get it free, they’ll get it free, but then frankly when they’ve got a job they find it easier to go into a shop and buy it or to download it through a normal paying institution or similar.”
4. False. He is aware of the possibility of being criticised for his views in public. It's very controversial and there will be articles in websites and newspapers.
b)
5. He'd be accused of opening the door to all manner of piracy and his friends will call him irresponsible for stealing the bread from the mouth of poor songwriters and poor film-makers (he jokes he doesn't know any poor film-makers).
6. This has been debated by industry insiders (people who work in the music industry) and mavericks (outside the industry).
7. The consumers of music shouldn't be ignored.
c)
8. can get free
9. created it
10. a reasonable price
11. supporter
12. current technology