--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Jun 7, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > >> > > >>> Thomas Jefferson believed that copyrights and > > >>> patents should only last 3 years. > > A short life for copyrights and patents doesn't > seem fair to me. If I build a house, I own it for > life, and can pass it on to my heirs. But if I build > a novel, song or widget, the public gets to use > it for free after a while.
Ever since the deadline loomed for Mickey going into the Public Domain, the copyright laws now read that things can remain copyrighted almost indefinitely. Remember the "Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field?" "TM" would be expiring within a few years under the old law. Now that "Mickey Mouse" is owned by Disney forever, I suspect that the TM organization has decided they need to vigorously protect the current copyrights, rather than come up with new ones. > > I understand the argument for passing knowledge > into the public domain, but still... > > We have a lot of knowledge workers here. How > do you guys feel about it? > 15 years for normal patents. 5 years for software, IMHO. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
