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   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:11:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > Thanatos  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > In article ,   
   >> >  Thanatos  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > > In article ,   
   >> > >  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > > > In article ,   
   >> > > >  James Sidbury  wrote:   
   >> > > >   
   >> > > > > In article ,   
   >> > > > >  Jim Gysin  wrote:   
   >> > > > >   
   >> > > > > > James Sidbury sent the following on 10/28/2009 8:43 PM:   
   >> > > > > > > In article ,   
   >> > > > > > >  Jim Gysin  wrote:   
   >> > > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > >> "Society's interest" be damned.  Society has no claim on me in   
   >> > > > > > >> this   
   >> > > > > > >> regard.   
   >> > > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > > Society invented the concept of copyright.  So if you copyright   
   >> > > > > > > your   
   >> > > > > > > works you are accepting what copyright says.   
   >> > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > The word "duress" comes to mind, along with the realization that a   
   >> > > > > > certain, unacceptable level of protection is better than no   
   >> > > > > > protection   
   >> > > > > > at all.   
   >> > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > > If the copyright laws   
   >> > > > > > > change then you can choose in the future not to copyright your   
   >> > > > > > > works   
   >> > > > > > > and   
   >> > > > > > > use your own rules which will probably mean you will not make   
   >> > > > > > > your   
   >> > > > > > > IP   
   >> > > > > > > publicly available.   
   >> > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > At which point, the cheapskates of the world will have won at the   
   >> > > > > > expense of artists and the people who would have otherwise been   
   >> > > > > > willing   
   >> > > > > > to support those artists.  That's not exactly what I call a good   
   or   
   >> > > > > > fair   
   >> > > > > > outcome.   
   >> > > > >   
   >> > > > > 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?   
   >> > >   
   >> > > Why should Disney?   
   >> >   
   >> > Because they created them.   
   >>   
   >> Really? Disney created Pocahantas, Aladdin and Pinocchio?   
   >   
   >They created THEIR versions.   
      
   Did they have any moral right to create their versions of characters   
   and stories created by someone else?   
      
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