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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Thanatos  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article ,   
   > >  Jim Gysin  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > >   
   > > > Ian Galbraith sent the following on 10/26/2009 10:21 PM:   
   > > > > On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:09:41 -0500, Jim Gysin wrote:   
   > > > >   
   > > > >> Anim8rFSK sent the following on 10/26/2009 4:17 PM:   
   > > > > [snip]   
   > > > >   
   > > > >>> Yeah, I fail to see how society benefits by non creatives being able   
   > > > >>> to   
   > > > >>> steal other's work.   
   > > > >> We probably both already know that it has nothing to do with   
   > > > >> benefiting   
   > > > >> society and everything to do with benefiting the selfish and   
   > > > >> self-serving SFTV_troys and Frank Franks of the world.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > I don't see how wanting to set a reasonable time limit on copyright is   
   > > > > selfish, self serving and stealing.   
   > > >   
   > > > Shouldn't the creator be the one to decide what is a reasonable time   
   > > > limit?   
   > >   
   > > A friend of mine thinks ownership rights should end when you die.  I   
   > > asked him why Stephen King's family should have lost his rights if that   
   > > idiot in the van had killed him, and if you weren't just inviting people   
   > > to kill rights holders.  He didn't have any good answers.   
   >   
   > A good answer would be a copyright term that extends past the life of   
   > the author by 10 years. That's enough time for the heirs to continue to   
   > derive some income while they get their affairs in order and start   
   > making their own living in the world. And it would disincentivize   
   > murdering artists because they'd still have to wait a decade before   
   > seeing any of it. And of course the killers could never legally reap the   
   > fruits of their crime anyway. That's the way it works with life   
   > insurance.   
      
   I realize the killers shouldn't be able to benefit directly, but there   
   are enough nutcases that want Disney dead over this that somebody would   
   be willing to kill to benefit society in general.   
      
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