> How far do you carry it out? Forever? Why not? If it's my choice to keep my poetry private forever, then so be it.
> Should Shakespeare be protected still? If that is what he wanted. > The bible? If that is what He wanted. (grin) > And for the most part it is not individuals that hold these > copyrights any longer, but large corporations. Um - so what? If I give the rights to my poem to a corp, then the corp owns the poem. In this case, the corp might as well be the author, and I think the corp deserves the EXACT same protection. > Should all artwork (van Gogh?) and music (Mozart) be Again - if they didn't want to share, it's their choice, not yours. Yes, the world is a better place because of them - but we don't force people to improve the world - we just hope they do. > As for the assumption that artists would want their art > limited, and never again reproduced, that doesn't jive with > what I know about artists. The vast majority I know > constantly choose dissemination over profit. That is why we > have a stereotype of "struggling artists". Yes, most artists do want to share - but not all - and when it comes to making assumptions, it's only fair to make the assumption that is most protective of the artist. > I've got a copy of a book written in the 1830s by a preacher > in prison in Connecticut. Wrongly imprisoned if you believe > his story. It is hand bound in leather, and only 100 were > printed. I've got another that lists the free blacks who > received pensions after the Revolutionary War. And a couple > of hand written diaries from the 1700 and 1800s. Cool! > I have since digitized these books along with dozens of > others, and made them available to genealogist and > historians. If the copyrights were still in place, I couldn't > have done this without breaking the law. Yet this information > is historically interesting, even vital. Current US law says you have that right. > I would propose the opposite of your suggestion, that all > work be placed into the public domain within a few years of > the death of the artist, _unless_ the artist takes measures > to protect that copyright. And I disagree. :) > And I don't really care too much about all this, I just think > people should consider what might get lost (freedom?) if we > let DRM become the end-all of everything produced ever. Oh now, come on. How is freedom lost by me not being able to copy Mickey Mouse? Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
