I am generally pro more audio content, and sceptical of the goodness of current copyright laws.
<0.01% seems overconfident to me.
Once something is up on the internet, it’s up forever. Taking it down post-facto doesn’t actually undo the damage.
You only need one person to sue you for things to go quite badly wrong.
As such, flagrantly violating the law on a fairly large scale (and the scale is an important part of the pitch here) seems like a dubious idea. Especially if you also go on public record in a way that suggests you know it’s illegal and don’t care.
<0.01% is definitely overconfident given at that point I had already expressed misgivings and we do not have 10,000 authors on the EA Forum.
(I’m not against my writing being podcastified in principle but I want to check out any podcast services who broadcast my work in advance to decide if I’m happy to be associated with them. I’m strongly against someone else making that decision for me.)
Once something is up on the internet, it’s up forever. Taking it down post-facto doesn’t actually undo the damage.
I think this isn’t actually correct – I think it depends a lot on the type of content, how likely it is to get mirrored, the data format, etc. E.g. the old Leverage Research website is basically unavailable now (except for the front page I think), despite being text (which gets mirrored a lot more).
You only need one person to sue you for things to go quite badly wrong.
Whether it actually goes ‘badly wrong’ depends on the type of lawsuit, the severity of the violation, the PR effects, etc. It’s probably good to err on the side of not violating any laws, and worth looking into it a bit before doing it.
I’m focusing on the prudential angle here, but I’d also be quite sympathetic to an author who was mad that their work was used in this way without their permission, even if it was later taken down.
My more detailed response is:
I am generally pro more audio content, and sceptical of the goodness of current copyright laws.
<0.01% seems overconfident to me.
Once something is up on the internet, it’s up forever. Taking it down post-facto doesn’t actually undo the damage.
You only need one person to sue you for things to go quite badly wrong.
As such, flagrantly violating the law on a fairly large scale (and the scale is an important part of the pitch here) seems like a dubious idea. Especially if you also go on public record in a way that suggests you know it’s illegal and don’t care.
<0.01% is definitely overconfident given at that point I had already expressed misgivings and we do not have 10,000 authors on the EA Forum.
(I’m not against my writing being podcastified in principle but I want to check out any podcast services who broadcast my work in advance to decide if I’m happy to be associated with them. I’m strongly against someone else making that decision for me.)
I think this isn’t actually correct – I think it depends a lot on the type of content, how likely it is to get mirrored, the data format, etc. E.g. the old Leverage Research website is basically unavailable now (except for the front page I think), despite being text (which gets mirrored a lot more).
Whether it actually goes ‘badly wrong’ depends on the type of lawsuit, the severity of the violation, the PR effects, etc. It’s probably good to err on the side of not violating any laws, and worth looking into it a bit before doing it.
I otherwise agree with your points!
I’m focusing on the prudential angle here, but I’d also be quite sympathetic to an author who was mad that their work was used in this way without their permission, even if it was later taken down.