Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

On 28/10/98, Bob Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
>
> I don't buy the argument that an author's heirs don't deserve
> to make money off the author's work. I don't expect either of my
> daughters will become a lawyer, but I hope to give them a good start
> in life with the money I've worked hard to make from that career.

I assume you are reimbursed for your labour at an agreed rate per hour or per annum. In contrast, the existence of Copyright forces the author, and empowers the publisher, to balkanise the culture -- and extort border taxes from everyone else -- to make a living.

> I don't know why an author or artist shouldn't be allowed to rely on
> the prospect of his work becoming a legacy for his family.

Because this simply perpetuates the imposition.

CYa,
JEREMY Jeremy G. Byrne
<jeremy[_at_]iz.org> Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 16:34:20 GMT