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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Dick Sidbury  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   > >   
   > > > Do you think it's fair that Disney used fairy tales which were public   
   > > > domain and now wants to have complete control over these derivative   
   > > > works in perpetuity?   
   > >   
   > > Yes.  You're completely welcome to make your own new derivative work   
   > > from the same source material Disney used.  Why should you get to the   
   > > original materials they created?   
   >   
   > my point was that if perpetual copyright had existed from the beginning   
   > of time then Disney would not have been able to create "The Little   
   > Mermaid" and dozens of other works and thus society would be poorer.   
   > Since Disney was able to do so they are, IMHO, ethically obligated to   
   > allow others to build on their work after some suitable time.  I see an   
   > ethical shade of grey when someone can use someone else's work to create   
   > art but others can't use theirs.  It appears to me that you  and Jim   
   > argue that what you create is absolutely controlled by you but see no   
   > problem with using things that others might not have wanted you to use   
   > if they or their heirs had been in a position to do something about it.   
      
   By this reasoning, when you change the speed limit on a road and make it   
   lower, everybody that ever drove faster than the new speed limit is   
   ethically obligated to turn themselves in and pay a fine.   
      
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