copyright
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a: Copyright ~
b: owning a building
What: "By way of analogy, owning a copyright is like owning a building. If someone wants to live in the building, the person must own the building, or the person lease some or all of the space in the building from the owner."
Useful?
Writer: Gregg R. Zegarelli,
LCC: KF
Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:43 PM
# 1930 Critique Analogy
a: Copyright ~
b: QWERTY
What: "Copyright Is Like QWERTY: Locked-In and Retrospective". Meaning, that like the most used keyboard design on computers, the copyright law is static and based on the world as it existed before the advent of all this wonderful digital technology. Most owners of intellectual property would want it this way, but people who want to use copyrighted material for their own word, would like the law to become a little more flexible."
Useful?
Writer: Stefan Larsson
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:48 PM
# 1931 Critique Analogy
The Pink Slip
a: Copyright ~
b: the title to a car
What: "A copyright is like the title to a car. You can't use someone else's car without their permission. Nor can you use someone else's copyright or recording without their permission."
Useful?
Writer: 3daudioinc
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:51 PM
# 1932 Critique Analogy
Copyright As Monster
a: Copyright ~
b: Godzilla
What: "Copyright is like Godzilla. Sometimes it protects us from malicious interlopers, only to then run amok and destroy innocent Interwebs."
Useful?
Writer: Steel Wool Killer
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:55 PM
# 1933 Critique Analogy
Copyright As Sexual Freedom?
a: Copyright ~
b: homosexuality
What: "Inevitably I found myself muttering to Laurie, ' if I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, copyright is like homosexuality. Ultimately, mass law breaking will lead to a change in the law'. It would be a miracle if publishers (of all types of media) did not try to defend their hegemony, but it does not mean that they will win."
Useful?
Writer: ShirleyKnot
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:58 PM
# 1934 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.