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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Russ Taylor
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] Public Domain Names
> Consider then, that Copyright is intended to preserve the incentive to
> creative. How, pray tell, is extending a DEAD person's copyright right
> by 25 years an incentive for _them_ to create?
Well, for one thing, it gives an incentice to create right on up to
someone's deathbed--their IP will still be valuabe to their estate for years
after their death.
> Copyright has been getting progressively more and more abused by IP
> holders (like Disney) as the years go on.
And as the years go on, there have been more and more challenges to the
basic nature of copyright (Open-sorce, Napster), thus provoking a response
by people who base their living and income on IP. (Yes, I realize that it's
a two-way street...)
DM
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