One million???
How much money does one need to live out his life without any other income??
Or am I from "Holland"?
Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Dec 4, 2006, at 10:48 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
US Constitution, Article I, Section 8: "The Congress shall
have power [...] To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive
right to
their respective writings and discoveries."
And by keeping something for which protection is sought from being
available, there is no "progress of science and useful arts" at all,
merely one-sided greed: "It's mine, all mine, and you can't have any
of it. BUT, be sure that your government protects my rights."
By the same reasoning, I would argue that there should be a cap (say
$1M) on the amount a work may earn for its creator under copyright.
Anything above that, and the item goes PD. I would also argue that no
copyright should be ownable by an institution, but only by one or more
specific, named human beings. Many of the abuses being complained of
here would go away were this latter suggestion to be enacted.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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