Copyright change going to Supreme Court.

[BigNeko]

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[kazeakuma]

Ouch. I had no idea the copyright's had been extended. I thought it was still 75 years. What they did was pure politics (the entertainment industry has too much to lose, and politicians have too many contributing to their campaign funds). That's my view anyway, there was no reason to enact such a law, it was only a question of pure economics.

But then the entertainment industry has been raping consumers for years, what's 20 more?

 

[pulse8]

<< But then the entertainment industry has been raping consumers for years, what's 20 more? >>

The entertainment industry would be in ruins if it weren't for the general public.

Edit: And I don't see what any of that has to do with them keeping their copyrights.

 

[kazeakuma]

Pulse8 - That was more of a general statement. But what I meant by it, is it allows the e*biz to keep selling overpriced merchandise and rehash old concepts and farm it out to a docile public. Of course people could just not buy it 🙂

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

from what i read from it, i think this was enacted to protect intellectual property. for example, what if disney lost copyright? one of the biggest companies in the world does down to competition. yes competition is good, but so is the protection of the economic stability. a company the size of disney going down would mean much tighter budgeting or massive layoffs (ABC, and other subsidiaries). if this happened to enough companies, the economy goes into a bleak era as unemployment rises. this is just a possiblility, but i think laws like these are made to prevent such possibilities from happening.
or maybe i don't have such an uneducated, cynical, biased view on politics (The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.)

 

[BigNeko]

Sack,
The original copyright law gives a person a long time to capitalize on their intellectual property. I think the time limit is there to stimulate innovation. Once the stuff goes into the public domain, the company should come up with something else.

 

[menderchuck]

<< Once the stuff goes into the public domain, the company should come up with something else. >>


why?

isn't the point of competition to creat a product that is better so the consumer can pick between the two? not straight jacking of property.

if a company comes up with an idea, they should keep it(idea being a loose term). would you want your work stolen and have to courts say "sorry, you should have come up with something better when you had the chance." what kind of thinking is that?

 

[BigNeko]

Life of the author plus 70 years isn`t long enough?