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

On Sat, 6 May 2000, Lance Purple <lpurple[_at_]netcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 May 2000, Jon Noring <noring[_at_]netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > On another mailing list a very pointed question was asked, the gist
> > of the question being "why is the Public Domain necessary -- what's
> > wrong with perpetual copyright terms?"
>
> Because it would likely have stopped Shakespeare, Walt Disney,
> Andrew Lloyd Weber, and countless other artists from creating
> their most popular works:

That is assuming they were too lazy to obtain the usual permissions where needed and to pay appropriate fees and royalties.

Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 21:29:49 GMT