If they never share their work at all, there is no problem (since no one will have the ability to copy something they never see.)
I think artists should get all the market can bear from their works. During their lifetime. I don't think it is a good idea for those works to be protected forever. The idea of the copyright originally was as follows. The creations produced here in the USA should be used for the betterment of mankind. Therefore, all things should end in the public domain. But the creator should get some say in how and where it is used. So we give the creator an exclusive right for a good length of time. But once the creator dies, it should go back int other public domain. The current law is that the copyright will expire 70 years after the creator's death. Or 120 years from the time it was first published if it was a work for hire or anonymously written. But they keep extending the dates. So items that head actually passed into the public domain have now been taken back out. What's to keep some 33rd nephew of Mozart from regaining copyright over all his sheet music? Apparently nothing but enough money to buy enough congressmen. The world would not be the place it currently is if our culture and soul was hijacked by corporations (who are demonstrably without one). I can see we will never agree on this one, but I personally am thankful that my grandparents weren't so gosh darn greedy, and didn't steal my cultural heritage and hide it in a drawer behind a security guard and cash register. My grandkids are not going to be so lucky. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/03 05:30PM >>> One simple question for you. What is to stop the next Mozart from releasing his music on the net? If Mozart 2.0 decides to sell his music to Sony, guess what, it's his choice. Just because you have the secret to the meaning of life does not mean you have to share it. An artist creates something and should have the right to share it if he or she wishes. Let's say we force artists to give up their works after 75 years. What if they chose NOT to share their work at all? -rc > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: all slashbots are idiots. > > > Shakespear. Mozart. Federalist Papers. Grey's Anatomy. Iliad. > Voyage of the Beagle. Deerslayer. The Bible. The Book of Five Rings. > > You know, the stuff of which a good education is made. > > None of which will happen today since nothing else, ever will > pass into the public domain. It will all be controlled and > hoarded by corporations. And you will have to pay out the > nose for information. And some things they just won't let you > have and therefore will become illegal. (which is their right > as copyright holders). > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/03 03:50PM >>> > Right - so you don't get access to Mickey Mouse and Britney > Spears. I know I'm missing something here. What _exactly_ do > you wish you had access to? > > -rc > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
