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U.S. Copyright is broken
US Copyright is irreparably broken. What was once an author's reasonable protection of a couple of decades has turned into a centuries-long stranglehold on "works for hire". The public domain has withered and died, and companies have seized the creative works of the people who actual created them. The only beneficiaries to copyright law are the media robber barons and the Digital Rights Mafia.

In my opinion, this experiment (and it was an experiment -- "copyright" is a relatively new concept, historically speaking) has failed and needs to end.
Posted by: bblackmoor@...   Posted on: 05/07/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Timelines often not easy to understand in English..  daftkey | 05/07/09
U.S. Copyright is broken  bblackmoor@... | 05/07/09
Okay.. so what would be the alternative then?  daftkey | 05/07/09
The alternative  bblackmoor@... | 05/08/09
Artist makes it valuable, not content..  daftkey | 05/09/09
U.S. Copyright is broken  twaynesdomain | 05/07/09
RE: The complexity of copyright  notlehs | 05/07/09
Right idea, but not long enough  Rob Oakes | 05/07/09
Organizations that employ creators..  daftkey | 05/07/09
not long enough ?  twaynesdomain | 05/07/09
re: Right idea, but not long enough  none none | 05/07/09
Too long  John L. Ries | 05/07/09
Royalties...  daftkey | 05/08/09
Why should the public be given free reign?  John L. Ries | 05/08/09
Difference of opinion of who copyright should benefit.  daftkey | 05/09/09
Always simple, until reality checks in..  daftkey | 05/07/09
Always simple, until reality checks in..  twaynesdomain | 05/07/09
Wow - nice cop out..  daftkey | 05/07/09
No, reality is simple  rkoman@... | 05/08/09
Oh.. you mean like patents and trademarks...  daftkey | 05/08/09
Can be made simple  John L. Ries | 05/08/09
Registration  rkoman@... | 05/08/09
I'd like to see anything regarding registration of intangibles made simple.  daftkey | 05/09/09
RE: The complexity of copyright  twaynesdomain | 05/07/09
RE: The complexity of copyright  twaynesdomain | 05/07/09
RE: The complexity of copyright  deowll | 05/07/09
Gee...and moveable type seemed like a good idea at the time.  potomac79 | 05/07/09
OK, but we're not talking about patents  rkoman@... | 05/08/09
We've also changed the manner that things are created...  daftkey | 05/08/09
You could not be more wrong  bblackmoor@... | 05/08/09
At least I backed my statement up with an argument...  daftkey | 05/08/09
surprisingly cogent  bblackmoor@... | 05/08/09
My proposal for copyright.  CodeCurmudgeon | 05/08/09
I might accept that  John L. Ries | 05/08/09
RE: The complexity of copyright  asalmon@... | 05/08/09
What do you do about periodicals?  John L. Ries | 05/09/09
No corporations...  daftkey | 05/09/09

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