ockham opened this issue on Oct 18, 2002 ยท 7 posts
FyreSpiryt posted Sat, 19 October 2002 at 7:22 AM
Oh, Ockham, you have no idea what a button you've pushed with me. Copyright has gotten SO out of control (thanks, Disney, you bastards). It is absolutely ludicrous that a patent lasts 14 years with renewal, and a copyright lasts life+90, when they serve essentially the same purpose! 90 years! The point of copyright was for the artist to be able to make money off their idea, not for their great-great grandchildren to. We need TOTAL reform, or at least tell Disney to get bent and accept that Mickey Mouse is just going to have to be on his own and go back to the laws in place before the first time the damn rodent's copyright was about to expire. :P Whew. Sorry 'bout that. Like I said, it's a hot spot.