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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
      
   >Why shouldn't they be greedy?  They invented the stuff.  Wanting to use   
   >someone else's ideas to make cheap copies is selfish, self serving, and   
   >stealing.   
      
   Disney invented Alladdin?  Disney invented Snow White and the Wicked   
   Witch?  Disney invented Pinocchio?   
      
   They got to mine a rich public domain and take it private.  I say a   
   rich public domain makes for a richer culture.  SFTV says 28 years.  I   
   could live with something as long as forty.  But a century is too   
   long.  The culture should belong to the culture, and cultural elements   
   from two generations ago should no longer be private.   
      
   If you want to build a private copy of Hearst Castle in your back   
   yard, then you can.  Why should society be prohibited forever from   
   replicating a story from its culture?  Why can Disney mine public   
   domain for stories that they then claim as private property forever?   
   --   
   apart from one noisy guy up in Canada, no-one wants   
   a three-cylinder tissue box on bicycle tires.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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