Views ? Counter points ? Comments anyone ? Interesting.. At some level it exposes the true face of attitudes of some indians at the highest level..
I do believe it's at times like this that dissenting voices explaining the rationale et al behind creative commons and similar should make themselves heard.. It's surprising that the younger gen of filmmakers is not taking a counter view.. Atleast no audible counterpoint.. Anyways.. Thanks for sharing the article smarty sandip makes for interesting thinking.. -N On 2/1/08, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The stink of the Sonny Bono act[1] in India. > > - Sandip > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bollywood_classics_have_run_out_of_copyright_life/articleshow/2747020.cms > > [...] > Considering that the copyright life of films, much like written works, > is 60 years, Bollywood bigwigs like Yash Raj Chopra and business > chambers like FICCI have demanded that this be increased, like in the > US, to 95 years from the date a film is made. > [...] > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
