From: m ike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> let's make it personal, for a moment. suppose: 1) Joe made a painting that is hanging in the local museum. 2) the copyright expires 3) Joe feels - for whatever reason - that he still owns the rights, and does not want anyone making and selling copies of it. 4) you are planning to sell copies of Joe's painting Now, suppose you are at a party with Joe and the issue comes up. If you wouldn't feel like a schmuck when you say "Sorry Joe, I know you don't want me to sell copies of your painting, but I have the right to do so, and I'm going to do it.", then you are in good company on kplug.
Well, first off, copyright doesn't expire until after the artist is dead, currently.
Secondly, you really need to learn about how art works. Painting is the worst comparisson you can make. Know how artists train? THey copy the old masters. In your world this would be illegal. Too bad- I kind of like having decent artists around.
Here's a real example- I write a piece of software. You give or sell copies to people. You come up to me and tell me about it. My honest response? I'll feel extremely happy that something I wrote is helping other people. THats all the compensation I want or need.
Gabe -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
