If someone creates something, physical or intellectually, shouldn't
that person be entitled to some sort of financial benefit for his/her
entire lifetime, regardless of how long?
Martin
On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Lora Crighton wrote:
--- Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I know this post is going to be a little
controversial, and I am by no
means an expert on copyright. Anyway, I'd like to
point out that
copyright, originally, was actually there to protect
the artist. It is,
imo, a good thing if the copyright term is long. How
long, I guess is
another question.
My understanding was that it was to benefit both the
artist and society, and was originally for a very
limited term. Unfortunately, the term seems to get
extended every time something popular is about to
become public domain - you can argue about what the
term should be, but I'm fairly certain that it should
be somewhat shorter than forever. A couple of years
ago I did an essay for a class based on the Sony
copy-protection case. At first, the teacher said I
had failed address the issue of what would happen when
the music became public domain, but agreed with me
when I pointed out that he was making a big assumption
that it would ever happen.
However, although you might say that copyright
doesn't help the artist
but the industry, this, as such, might well be more
the American
situation than the European.
Perhaps. It is similar in my country as well, but I
don't know the European situation.
So, although obviously
UE was more after
protecting their own assets, they are, also,
protecting some composer's
assets, or at least their heir's assets.
Reasonable within limits. UE listed composers that
have long been in public domain in Europe - example
Mahler who will soon be public domain under even the
most restrictive rules.
You might not like it, but I for one, would like my
kids to benefit if I
am the composer of Europe's new anthem (which I
won't be, don't worry).
Ok, I know reactions are going to come very soon...
From one of the IMSLP forums: "Many articles are being
written. I suspect the most important to view are
those of lawyer Howard Knop at
http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/ and Michael Geist
at http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ "
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