Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

Joe Liu <liu3[_at_]law.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> Moreover, as Dan points out, even within the group of IP creators,
> there may be differing views. Authors who have already created their
> works will want more protection, whereas potential creators will want
> both protection for their own works and greater freedom to build off
> prior work. At some point, a long copyright term may work against
> the interests of both consumers and future authors.

Authors and artists should have enough respect for their own work to obtain permission to use the work of others.

Albert Henderson, <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 17:48:40 GMT