[deletia] > If a person creates something and hides it away in order to > protect their possession, then society can not grow and > benefit from it. Copyright law is a means to grant people > rights of ownership over things they create, but it doesn't > do this just for the hell of it.
This is an extremely well written email, Kevin. In general, I agree with everything you say. In ways, copyright law seems like a trade-off. You release your art to the world and you have protection for X years. I guess I'm saying that I think X should be up to the creator, not the government. As it stands, I think the law makes the assumption that people don't want to share and I don't think that's the case. Look at Disney - obviously it doesn't want to share Mickey - but I don't think society suffers because of that - simply because there will always be artists who _are_ willing to share. -rc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
