UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own

Post by mikeash » Tue, Dec 15, 2015, 2:18 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #130

mikeash wrote: post #128

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The difference is that the former means the free hardware likely goes to the production company and is not available for personal use. It's not a moral quibble, but a question of who owns the stuff and who gets to use it.

Apple gives desirable stuff to the production company. Who gets the stuff when the filming has finished?

Post by mikeash » Tue, Dec 15, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #132

mikeash wrote: post #131

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I imagine that the production company would keep it for their next project, or sell it to recover some money. Are you implying that this stuff is typically gifted to the employees instead?

Yes, I'm saying that employees would keep it. Isn't that how hollywood accounting works?

Post by karmapolice » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 9:44 AM UTC

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #123

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First concentrate on stopping the fascist coup d'etat, i.e. winning the Spanish Civil War and preventing 40 years of fascist dictatorship, then discuss about the kind of new society you want.

So knock over the government without any idea of what to replace it with? That doesn't have a great track record either, historically. (Wait, are we still talking about "communists and anarchists" in general, or is it just the Spanish Civil War now?)

Post by justincormack » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 5:37 PM UTC

Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #57

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The UK is bringing some copyright law in line with the EU, eg they just ruled that reproductions of out of copyright pictures do not create a new copyright, unlike what some museums like to tell you. This might be related, certainly design is more protected in eg France than in the UK, not sure though.

> they just ruled that reproductions of out of copyright pictures do not create a new copyright That's great news. Do you have a link?