Copyright Law

I read a great article recently regarding the ongoing debate concerning music sharing and copyright law. Orson Scott Card’s article MP3s Are Not the Devil is a must read for anyone interesting in this issue. What makes this article valuable to the debate is not his largely pro-sharing view point but the long standing copyright issues he includes that are not currently part of the debate. If we are going to redefine copyright law and what it means in our society then we should also look at why we have copyright laws, who they are suppose to protect and how the currently law is fulfilling those needs. We need to look at the whole picture, not just how we can keep the current model. Copyright laws were created for a purpose and we need to find a way to fulfill that purpose in the context of our current technological society.