Bookabooka rent case
I've written about trade marks, patents and copyright, and usually I've been on the creator's side. I have opposed the Pirate Party's objectives, for example, because I think that the right to protect your creation or invention from commercial exploitation, is a value that drives new creativity. If I had to choose between creating new, or circulating old, I choose the new.
Now I've come to a case where I can't help but feel empathy towards the "exploiter". A few guys wanted to help students recycle study books, and put up a service called Bookabooka. The service allowed students to rent their books to other students. What happened next, was an intervention from the antipiracy lawyers. The students forgot that if they are making money from books, there's an author somewhere who is missing out sales revenue. It's a violation.
Bookabooka had to stop their book renting activity. The case got a lot of publicity, and it's even been to the parliament. The minister of culture and sports is saying that Bookabooka's activity per se is very good, but they need to share revenue with the authors. This is now happening, and the renting service will probably continue after all the legal stuff has been cleared.
If you read Finnish, the whole case is here.
Now I've come to a case where I can't help but feel empathy towards the "exploiter". A few guys wanted to help students recycle study books, and put up a service called Bookabooka. The service allowed students to rent their books to other students. What happened next, was an intervention from the antipiracy lawyers. The students forgot that if they are making money from books, there's an author somewhere who is missing out sales revenue. It's a violation.
Bookabooka had to stop their book renting activity. The case got a lot of publicity, and it's even been to the parliament. The minister of culture and sports is saying that Bookabooka's activity per se is very good, but they need to share revenue with the authors. This is now happening, and the renting service will probably continue after all the legal stuff has been cleared.
If you read Finnish, the whole case is here.
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