tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post111004487325726467..comments2023-10-09T03:51:11.915-07:00Comments on Hot Blava: Lessig gives a lectureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-1110336978888548592005-03-08T19:56:00.000-07:002005-03-08T19:56:00.000-07:00Oops. Forgot the link to the copyright website.Oops. Forgot the link to the <A HREF="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#hlc" REL="nofollow">copyright website</A>.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-1110336838623024462005-03-08T19:53:00.000-07:002005-03-08T19:53:00.000-07:00The current law is the lifetime of the author plus...The current law is the lifetime of the author plus 70 years. Works made for hire last either 95 or 120 years. You can read the details at the government website for copyright. <br /><br />I feel a tinge of sympathy for Ethan's sentiment here, but feel that goverment (and thus the general public) interest in protecting copyright is only to encourage the creation of works and expand the public domain. Thus, it is in the government's interest to see that people are able to make money from their work, but that they must eventually continue to produce. In this line of thinking, you shouldn't be able to produce a single CD and live off the proceeds the rest of your life. Why not? Because after a certain period of time, it is no longer worth the money for the goverment to try to protect your copyright. As far as the government (and the public) is concerned, it would be better if you produced something new. You're not compelled to do so, of course. The public just refuses to continue to honor the artificial restraint on copying your original work. <br /><br />Many people think the concept of "Intellectual Property" is flawed. Why? Because you can't actually own an idea. Once you say it, everyone owns it equally as much as you do. If they have the idea as well, you aren't deprived of the right of having it too. Thus, it isn't like real property that can only be had by one person or entity at a time. Let's away with lifetime copyright laws. The absurdly long copyright durations are protections for corporations, not artists and authors.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com