Discussions about copyright are hot nowadays; in the Netherlands they try to solve it in rules too, esp. in the music-world. What a relief when companies decide no longer to obstruct all mp3-downloadings but to direct that world and trying to make profits of it in a new way. Something tells me policy-makers are trying to put a part of life - art - into rules. Well, if rules are that obvious we wouldn't need any judges, would we? But what's it all about? About artists who want to share their art to the world and get something in return (admiration, money, whatever). Putting the lyrics of a song here won't cost the maker of the song; even better, putting a link to an existing website of the artist would even make him more known. He's not missing any income by it.

1. I just want to stick to two simple rules extracted from the 10 commandments that Jesus gave us
2. Love God with all you have
3. Love your neighbour as yourself

Sounds all simple but it's a challenge for life. Life cannot be put into simple rules. Else we would become robots, acting on a series of rules. For personal use we can always try something with a picture we can grab somewhere, but publishing it crosses the boundary of only one's own interest. When I scan a Swiss postcard from 1910, 1920, I don't have the slightest idea with the little info on that card how in the world I could make the maker of that picture happy! Well, perhaps I can put some extra flowers on his graveyard or send the flowers one by one to his grand-grand-children or so. But when I should scan something from a recent publication I would have that obligation, unless that permission was granted right away. That's my two cents, and I think it's good to think about it but there are still many many words in the dictionnary between reality and rules!