>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >A creator should have the right to control how his >creation is used. That control should not be infinite, as it is now (any >two-faced lies about an unlikely future "expiration" to the side), but >it should exist.
I'll go as far as to say I don't see why an individual's copyright shouldn't last a lifetime (and no further). People can talk about societal benefit all they want, but I don't see why anybody but you should be entitled to your hard work. If you choose to give it away or share it, go ahead -- or if you choose to bury it under a rock, go ahead. Nobody created it but you, nobody should control it but you. There should be no freeloaders. And since I don't see why anybody but you should benefit from it, you're decendents are outta luck -- your copyright expires when you do. Let them generate their own copyrightable material. There should be no freeloaders. Corporate copyrights should last 20 years. If you haven't figured out how to make a profit on a work by then, you're probably not going to. And this business of creating a work and charging revolving, unending fees for it must end. There should be no freeloaders. (Plus, it gives corporations incentive to let individuals maintain control over their own copyrights, and simply negotiate distribution rights -- which could last as long as the lifetime of the individual.) Flame away, Dave ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
