more.... I have very mixed feelings about the new copyright setup. On one hand, my income derives from copyrighted software, sold through a book publisher. So that part of me is happy to have solid protection available in case some other publisher pirates my work. But in the big picture, the law has become so strict that it just invites violation and scofflaws. The original purpose of copyright was to encourage creativity. Over many years, experience taught that the best way to maximize creativity was by a balanced approach. Give the original author an exclusive right for a few years, so that he can make money while the product is fresh; then let it go public so that others can use the ideas contained therein. This has worked very well. The new approach tries to give the original author exclusive use forever. This leads to the kind of silly stuff we're observing, and I'm afraid it may ultimately destroy the basic point. As the eternally untouchable text and art accumulates, authors will tend to feel that they're likely to get sued for just about anything.

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