On 24 Oct 2007 at 5:43, dhbailey wrote: > Looked at as a moral copyright issue, it's easy to view it as a > boondoggle. Viewed in a much larger picture of economic issues, > employment issues, tax issues, it's not as easy a decision -- the > Government gets a lot of benefit from Disney's extended copyrights, as > do the many thousands of Disney employees who continue to work for a > corporation whose major asset continues to be protected.
But it comes at the expense of the public. And the public as a whole doesn't seem to have any hired lobbyists to convince Congress that their side of things should be considered as well (well, maybe the EFF). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
