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____/ Linonut on Wednesday 16 July 2008 17:27 : \____
> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> The life of the author + 70 years is a long enough copyright term IMHO.
>> It allows a person or group of people to benefit from what they've
>> created, and I dare say it allows their children and even grandchildren
>> to benefit too, with the clause that the copyright lasts for 70 years
>> after the author's death. Adding extra to that is... A bit silly,
>> really, and I don't think I know anyone who thinks artists, programmers,
>> authors, etc. could benefit from this. And I know a few of each of the
>> above.
>
> I thought copyrights were meant to ensure enough of living to permit the
> author to keep on creating, not to ensure that his children can sit on
> their asses spending the author's trust.
That would be the spoiled child Nancy Sinatra. These boots are made for
forking.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
"Monopoly raises two classes of problems for a free society. First, the
existence of monopoly means a limitation on voluntary exchange through a
reduction in the alternatives available to individuals. Second, the existence
of monopoly raises the issue of “social responsibility”, as it has come to be
called, of the monopolist."
--Milton Friedman
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