On 10/5/05, Michael O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't know this, thanks. It seems ridiculous to me that Disney has > > to do such things in order to maintain their copyright. I cannot image > > that anyone's life or happiness depends on their being able use for > > free a Disney character for profit (or non-profit). > > Someone could quite easily build a competing "Disneyland" if all the > characters were in the public domain
If I understand you correctly, you are stating that competition is a good thing, and that limiting the duration of a copyright fosters competition? Best, Mike -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
