Summary
[Time 2] 2’21
A Thai student got into trouble for reselling the much cheaper foreign books in the U.S. The government is trying to perfect the copyright rules. For on thing, the intellectual property can well protect the copyright of works and the owner’s right. However, it is still hard to conduct perfectly at present, because the books hare from foreign countries or written decades ago and the books printed abroad or collected in library. “The First doctrine” can keep the market in order.
[Time 3] 1’45
According to the idea upheld by Supreme Court in 1908, copyrighted works only forbidden buyers distribute and replicate the works for sale. The trick is: the rules in the copyright law do not make the limit clear that whether the works made and first-purchased in foreign counties.
[Time4] 1’41
In order to cover the tuition, the student asked his family and friends ship him the textbooks printed in Asia and resell these books on EBAY. The company own the copyright claims the Thai student’s behavior was illegal and call for a fine.
[Time5] 1’54
There are two side of the copyright law. The positive side is that under the protection, people can have the incentive to create wonderful works. However, the law can also bring several side-effects:
1. Domestic manufacturer will gradually produce everything abroad.
2. Library may go out of the public lending services or purge every single foreign book.
3. American readers may lose the variety of accessible books.
Obstacle 5’40 The DMCA’s act has limited the people with disabilities for more than a decade. ……….写不出来啊 T_T Vocabulary
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