Michaelwagner Wrote: > ... > Do you watch the wizard of oz when they replay it sometimes? If so (and > someone must, because it gets played every xmas), that shows the music, > lyrics, etc still have appeal. And so should still generate royalties > to the writers.
the founders of this country did NOT repeat NOT intend for copyright protection to protect the original author from others stealing their work. from the constitution: 'Article I, section 8, clause 8 of the United States Constitution provides that Congress shall have the power: "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."' this clause is the basis for the copyright protection act and the patent act. re-read and commit to memory this phrase "...to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." i think l. frank baum has been promoted long enough - it's time for others to build on his work. -- jackaninny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jackaninny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=273 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
