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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com   
      
   Ian Galbraith sent the following on 10/27/2009 9:06 PM:   
   > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:33 -0500, Jim Gysin wrote:   
   >   
   >> SFTVratings sent the following on 10/26/2009 8:11 PM:   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> Twenty-eight years   
   >>> is long enough.   
   >> Why?  Because you say so?   
   >   
   > How long do you think it should be?   
      
   As long as the current holder of the intellectual property rights wants   
   it to be.  If one artist's relatives want to keep it in the family   
   forever, that's their right.  If another wants to make it public domain   
   at some point during their ownership of it, then that's their right, as   
   well.   
      
   Again, this would *not* make the assets unavailable, so any lame and   
   self-serving arguments about denying the "enrichment" of society are   
   just that: lame and self-serving.  Rather, the cultural asset would   
   *always* be available to anyone who was willing to meet the terms of the   
   owner of the rights of that cultural asset.  And any attempt to take   
   that cultural asset away by force, no matter how prettily you try to   
   dress it up, is thuggery and theft and against everything that a free   
   market is supposed to stand for.   
      
   --   
   Jim Gysin   
   Waukesha, WI   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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