Re: actuaries and copyright extension

> The point is that if Walt Disney had been told in 1922 that his
> monopoly on his creation would expire in 2017 instead of 1997, and
> then done the math, he would not have discovered an appreciablly
> increased economic motivation to create his little rodent friend.
>
> Paul J. Heald
> University of Georgia School of Law

Very few creative people do things just for the financial reward or create faster/more things in order to make more money, immediately or down the road. Copyright extention therefore means little to the artist. Also most creators (except possibly authors and muscians) sell their creations, including copyright, to others or create under a "work for hire" scenario, so any copyright term is irrelevant.

Jayne Sebby
jsebby[_at_]unlinfo.unl.edu
Nebraska ETV Received on Wed Apr 24 1996 - 22:23:28 GMT