Re: benefits of the public domain and limited copyright terms?

On Mon, 08 May 2000, Anthony McCann <anthony.mccann[_at_]ul.ie> wrote:
>
> I am of the opinion that the conceptualisation of public domain
> may be causing as many problems as the conceptualisation of
> copyright. Both work on a premise of more or less 'frictionless
> space', something which is a consequence of market economics.
> Public domain, especially when equated with 'traditional', also
> feeds on the idea of Open Access, which traditional cultures
> most definitely aren't.

You may be saying something interesting. Can you rephrase that in straightforward English, with reference to copyright laws?

--Dodi Schultz
  <schultz[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 16:13:53 GMT