On Apr 11, 2005 8:29 PM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think the movie industry needs copyrights longer than a few > years. That's how long it takes them to turn a very nice profit. > Anything after that is just waste. Give them just enough incentive to > make it worthwhile but no more.
So, the movie industry is like a caged dog. Throw it a meaty bone once in a while so it stays alive and makes a nice pet, but don't let it get too full. I don't mean that as flamebait. What I mean is that copyrights (and *anything* government) should not be decided on the practical effect it has, but on ideology. Is it right or is it not? The individuals who comprise "the movie industry" are real human beings, and have human rights. If they're entitled to own the movies they make, then there's no reason we should ever take away that entitlement. Certainly not arbitrarily like that. And if they're *not* entitled to own the movies they make, then we shouldn't even pretend like it in the first place, because then we're removing the right that the rest of us have to use/copy/view the movie as we like. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
