Yet instead of seeing this new force as a positive development, corporate copyright holders view it as something that must be quashed.
Although those responsibilities are myriad and include running its record labels, advancing Frank's legacy and protecting his copyrights, Ahmet views his main role as serving the will of the fans and "for people to make the connection to my father's entire body of work".
Due to the increasing use of mobile devices and apps to view copyright protected content (e.g. movies) on the go, digital rights management (DRM) protections have primarily been used to protect the digital intellectual property and control their distribution and usage on mobile devices.
It appears that they view copyright infringers in a different light than those that even they seek to prosecute for murder in criminal courts.
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Even his iconic white suit developed from commercial objectives: he first wore it to appear before Congress, arguing that copyright, which he viewed as a patent, should be extended in perpetuity.
So his company promptly developed a technological protection mechanism -- he says patents are already being filed -- that will pinpoint where users of iCraveTV are located geographically, thus barring anyone under the jurisdiction of United States-style copyright restrictions from viewing protected programming outside Canada.
It's an understandable move by YouTube, but as Michael Arrington wrote in April, there are plenty of other choices for those seeking to view copyrighted material.
Nothing there really screams "updated view on copyright" so much as it does "we're doubling down on copyright infringement enforcement".
Much of this legal territory was explored in the 1980s, in a series of lawsuits involving broadcasters who thought that simply recording a TV show for later viewing constituted copyright infringement, and consumer electronics companies, who rightly thought that VCRs were a pretty good idea that enhanced TV viewing.
