An intellectual property thought
Jan. 3rd, 2010 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroyIf one publishes a text on the internet, there is no way to prevent someone happening upon it and copying it. Even should you remove your text from the place you originally published it, there are ways to find it. In short: once you put it up, there's no way to fully take it down.
One of the points of archival contention seems to be "You're displaying my work in a place I didn't want you to," but I'm not certain how to address that issue given the idea above. You simply don't have complete control over where your ideas go on the internet, and there is no way to absolutely guarantee that your words will only be displayed in forums acceptable to you. All you can guarantee is the presence and shape of an Authoritative Version somewhere.
I can see a number of cases where getting individuals to take down instances of your work would be important, but I just can't see a practical way to control what people do with your ideas in the general case. The internet is public, and one should only put things on the internet with that knowledge firmly in mind.
One of the points of archival contention seems to be "You're displaying my work in a place I didn't want you to," but I'm not certain how to address that issue given the idea above. You simply don't have complete control over where your ideas go on the internet, and there is no way to absolutely guarantee that your words will only be displayed in forums acceptable to you. All you can guarantee is the presence and shape of an Authoritative Version somewhere.
I can see a number of cases where getting individuals to take down instances of your work would be important, but I just can't see a practical way to control what people do with your ideas in the general case. The internet is public, and one should only put things on the internet with that knowledge firmly in mind.