begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:31:07AM -0700: > Gabriel Sechan wrote: [snip] > >Not too badly so- I'm sure Disney will pay them to extend it again when > >Mickey Mouse gets close to public domain again. > > Which is the most annoying part about the whole controversy, there > doesn't have to be one. > > Let people extend copyright on a sliding scale. > > 0- 20 years -- free and automatic > 20- 40 years -- free, but requires registration > 40- 60 years -- $X and requires registration > 60- 80 years -- $2X and requires registration > 80-100 years -- $4X and requires registration > etc.
$<standard fee>^<# years - 20> > If Disney wants to keep Mickey under copyright effectively forever > *fine*. Make them pay for the privilege. [snip] Yup. -Stewart "Apply appropriate min, max, floor, etc. functions" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
