> WB> patent...innovative and deriviative but not necessarily stealing? > WB> Question of degree I guess... > > Innovation as in say...Casablanca 2, or a story using their > characters. It may not be a summer blockbuster, but I bet a > good amount of people would love to see it.
And what happens when a porn shop decides to produce Casablanca 2? Copyright can also lead to quality control. > >> What good does it do American Citizens if a stagnant > corporation that > >> no longer knows how to innovate is able to continue existing and > >> standing in the way of real innovators? It's corporate > welfare...and > >> anti-capitalist. > > WB> Who determines that they are "stagnant"? > > The free market does. Then why not let the free market decide when the content is 'free', and by that I mean, if a company sees they can't make any more money from item A, they release it, IF they want to. > What if Eminem didn't have to waste time getting Aerosmith's > permission to sample Sing for the Moment? Eminem innovated on > a pervious creation...but he had to have a zillion dollars > and contacts with the record company to pull it off. Why > shouldn't some killer young artist be able to sing a better > version and get his own zillion dollars, after a certain > amount of time (much less that 75 years) has past? Maybe because the original owner doesn't want to share? -ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
