Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

On 27/10/98, Timothy Phillips <hrothgar[_at_]telepath.com> wrote:
>
> Songwriter Peter Alger also appears to think that copyright
> should be perpteual:
>
> The notion of public domain is a troublesome
> one for creators, because we are the only
> property owners who are required to give
> up our property after a certain time. (Senate
> Hearings 104-817, page 123.)

There: see what happens when you give people the impression that they own something? They get possessive, and their ambit claims gain bravado. Damn good reason for abandoning this troublesome notion of copyright altogether! I mean, how much important art would we lose, after all?

CYa,
JEREMY Jeremy G. Byrne
<jeremy[_at_]iz.org> Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 16:10:18 GMT