Here is some good news for “ Publishers “ ( - like me too ? )
On my web site [ www.hemenparekh.in ], I publish
my blogs / poems / notes / photos etc
Of course , these are “ free for viewing “ by public , but I have not said that these
can be “ linked “ by search engines like Google for
free !
But when I searched Google this morning , I found
following “ links “ ( Search term / No
of Links ) :
·
Hemen Parekh…………………………. 17,700 ( on Yahoo
> 5,250 links
)
·
Hemen Parekh wiki…………………. 2,660
·
Hemen Parekh poems……………… 30,500
·
Hemen Parekh blogs………………… 10.500
·
“ Hemen Parekh “……………………. 7,880
Now , instead of “ publishing “
these in Pune , had I published in Paris , I could be asking Google to pay me for
each of these links .
$ 1 /- per link is good enough for me !
And that good news reads :
“ Article 11 is meant to give publishers on the internet , the ability to make an extra buck by imposing a
“ link tax.”
Put simply, it’s
supposed to shift some of the massive profits away from powerful news
aggregators like Facebook and Google by
allowing smaller publishers to charge them each time the aggregators link to
their sites. “
( source :
This newly approved European Copyright Law might break
the internet )
But question arises :
For “ reproducing “ the above excerpt from the web site
of Futurism ( and linking to it ) , would I be
liable to pay some amount to Futurism ?
If yes , how much ? Under which Indian law or European law ?
May be , as of now , no one has any clear answer to all
the complications that are bound to arise , if – and when – this European
initiative gets ratified as “ Law “
But the questions that our own Policy Makers ( Cabinet
/ Supreme Court / B N Srikrishna Committee etc ) ought to be asking are :
·
If European Union can go to this length ,
to grant its “ Publishers “ ( remember , these are Organized Sector Companies ),
a “ right “ to earn money from the likes of Google , why
should not India , come forward ( with appropriate law / mechanism ) to protect
the “ fundamental right “ of its “ Ordinary Citizens “ to earn some money by “
selling “ their private / personal data to the Social Media / E Com web sites
etc ?
Answer :
India must
enable its citizens to earn money from personal data
·
Once ordinary citizens voluntarily upload their
private / personal data on Social Media ( through that sham process of “
registering / I accept the terms “ ) , is it at all possible
for the government to “ protect “ them against alleged “ misuse “ ?
Answer :
It is just
impossible to protect if people don’t have a better alternative ; and that
better alternative is …” A Matter
of Motive “
·
As required under EU’s Article 13 , are web sites capable of “ filtering uploaded content “
, when even those very powerful “ cyber forensic labs “ of the Governments are
having a tough time deciding ,
# whether
content getting uploaded is “ copyright protected “ or not
# “ who “ uploaded such content and “ when “
Answer :
No , because content is governed by “ Parekh’s Principle “
defined as follows :
Parallel to
the ” Theory of Thermodynamics “ , I would like to
propound the
following , as
far as the “ Theory
of Information “ is concerned :
“ Like Entropy , content keeps growing with each and every
human
interaction , either with other humans
or with his environment , and content
can no longer remain hidden , nor can
it be destroyed “
14 Sept
2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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