Comments on Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the BishopsTypePad2012-04-12T21:53:56ZRick Garnetthttps://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2012/04/copyright-and-the-religious-liberty-statement-not-your-typical-criticism-of-the-bishops/comments/atom.xml/Tom Berg commented on 'Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the Bishops'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e20167650d2813970b2012-04-13T15:48:45Z2012-04-13T15:48:45ZTom BergThanks very much, CLS, I knew a little about the liturgy-royalties issue but will definitely look at those posts.<p>Thanks very much, CLS, I knew a little about the liturgy-royalties issue but will definitely look at those posts.</p>Tom Berg commented on 'Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the Bishops'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e201630418fd20970d2012-04-13T15:47:21Z2012-04-13T15:47:21ZTom BergThanks, N.D., and you raise an excellent point. The magisterial statements on this have encouraged voluntary arrangements between drug companies,...<p>Thanks, N.D., and you raise an excellent point. The magisterial statements on this have encouraged voluntary arrangements between drug companies, other research groups, NGOs, and developing countries to provide and distribute lower-cost medicines. Arrangements like that have happened, resulting in the provision of medicines, and they are certainly the ideal because the Christian faith encourages people to support the poor voluntarily. I do think that these arrangements end up arising out of negotiations where some pressure must be applied on the providers. That reflects, I believe, another foundational element of Catholic (and all Christian) teaching: the recognition of the fact of sin, the limits of our sympathy. Therefore I think the developing nations need some leverage through the ability to invoke exceptions to patent protection in appropriate cases. Here and elsewhere, law serves the important function of setting the background for arriving at voluntary arrangements.</p>N.D. commented on 'Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the Bishops'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e20168ea0e8c39970c2012-04-13T15:33:30Z2012-04-13T15:33:30ZN.D.Professor Berg, your piece on "Intellectual Property and The Preferential Option for the Poor" is very good. When considering prudential...<p>Professor Berg, your piece on "Intellectual Property and The Preferential Option for the Poor" is very good. When considering prudential judgements born of experience in light of Catholic Social Teaching, working in communion with one another, including those who are poor, has always served the Common Good, as The Catholic Church's vision for empowering those who are poor, is the same as The Catholic Church's vision for empowering all people. </p>
<p>In regards to Medical Research, it seems logical to assume that several Medical Research Groups that are willing to share their knowledge and their results, would improve productivity, efficiency, and cost, while leading to further creativity and innovation through the sharing of ideas as they integrate and disseminate information. I am wondering if because this is such a complicated issue, that one should consider approaching Foundations and Aid Organizations with the intention of facilitating a dialogue that would convince them that rather than giving money to poor Nations to buy expensive drugs, the Health Care of all persons would benefit by contributing directly to those Medical Research Groups who are willing to work with other Medical Research Groups to improve the productivity, efficiency, cost and distribution of medicine.</p>Anon commented on 'Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the Bishops'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e20168ea05a310970c2012-04-13T03:22:32Z2012-04-13T03:22:32ZAnonA lot of boilerplate at the end of attorneys' emails also mis-states the law and arguably violates ethics guidelines about...<p>A lot of boilerplate at the end of attorneys' emails also mis-states the law and arguably violates ethics guidelines about not misrepresenting the law (like when they say "if you got this message in error, any use or shraring of this email is strictly prohibited" .... oh yeah, prohibited by what authority?).</p>Catholic Law Student commented on 'Copyright and the Religious Liberty Statement: Not Your Typical Criticism of the Bishops'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e201676501864a970b2012-04-12T23:24:33Z2012-04-12T23:24:33ZCatholic Law StudentIt's interesting that you bring this up, as Jeffrey Tucker, a blogger on Catholic music and liturgy, has discussed in...<p>It's interesting that you bring this up, as Jeffrey Tucker, a blogger on Catholic music and liturgy, has discussed in numerous posts the problems with the texts of the liturgy being subject to copyright and ICEL (the International Committee for English in the Liturgy) collecting royalties on them. </p>
<p>Here is one post, but there are many others on this site if if you search for term "copyright": <a href="http://www.chantcafe.com/p/creative-commons-for-catholics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chantcafe.com/p/creative-commons-for-catholics.html</a></p>
<p>Tucker argues for the use of Creative Commons in the liturgical and musical context.</p>