Which makes copyright 'laws' a farce, and they become a way to keep big business IN business, not a way to protect intellectual property the way they were initially envisioned.
They disnfranchise the consumer. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:42 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: all slashbots are idiots. Keep in mind, the laws also affect everybody else, so sure Disney gets to keep Mickey Mouse, but Warner Brothers gets to keep Bugs Bunny. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: all slashbots are idiots. > > Except if you are Disney, or some other similarly wealthy corporation. > > Then you can get the law altered so that your copyrights are extended > even further. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Actually, you do own the music, software, et al. > > At least in the US, and with you = government of the people = public > domain owns everything and by a grant of copyright law gives the > creator a limited period of time to profit from their work. > > -Kevin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
