>Another case I am watching, starts this week in the Supreme court. >Eldred v. Ashcroft, challenging the constitutionality of the copyright >extension, that has kept Mickey Mouse and Gershwin works copyrighted >long past when they should have become public domain.
As much as I think copyright law needs updating - I have to wonder - will the world be a better place if Mickey Mouse was 'freed' from copyright? I mean, it's all well and good to say it should be - and it's easy to think of Disney as a corporate empire - but at some level they do represent a person who used his creative energy to create something. I get the whole idea of limited copyright lifespans - but on another level, if it was YOU who had created MM, how would you feel about being _forced_ to free it? Also, I can't imagine that there are struggling artists/whatever out there who _need_ Mickey Mouse to be free so they can help launch their own careers. In other words - open source is nice - but we don't _force_ developers to give their code away. Just some rambling thoughts this morning.... ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
