The problem is that X years can never be up to the creator. Once the creator dies, their direct control dies and any chance of benefitting from their creation dies. Period. It's not a question of law, it's a question of ability, so why shouldn't the creation then revert to benefit society?
And I say "revert" because as I said, unprotected is it's natural state. Before laws, a Neanderthal man created a knife from flint in order to survive. Another Neanderthal copies that knife that she too may survive, even if the original Neanderthal may not have wanted to share that creation. Is that illegal or natural? -Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: 20 more years of copyrights > > > [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 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
