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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Ian Galbraith  wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:26:56 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>> In article <7kqiaeF3aemvbU2@mid.individual.net>,   
   >>>  Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >>>> Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >>>>> Again, you're completely free to do Snow White.  You're completely free   
   >>>>> to do Alladin.  You're completely free to do what Disney did; create   
   >>>>> your own version of those stories.  And your version will be protected.   
   >>>> And WHY are we completely free?  We're free because the creativity   
   >>>> that created them became an open part of our society.  The copy rights   
   >>>> of those creators expired, and a richer society resulted from that   
   >>>> happening.   
   >>> Nope.   
   >> Please explain.   
   >   
   > No part of his set up was correct.  Those creators never had copyrights   
   > to begin with.  Nothing expired.  No richer society resulted from those   
   > things happening, because none of them happened to begin with.   
      
   You're attacking a technicality. The point stands. Our culture is richer   
   because we can build on works that either weren't copyrighted to begin   
   with, or the copyright expired. The culture of 100 years from now won't   
   be thus enriched unless copyright is eliminated or at least cut back   
   down to size.   
      
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