I'd be peeved

Posted by k-k-k-kenny (A) on July 17, 2012 at 20:33:30

In Reply to: RE: Next battle in the illegal download wars posted by josh358 on July 17, 2012 at 17:44:59:

for sure.

On the other hand, were I Robert Johnson or Buster Keaton I'd no longer be caring.

I'm not against strong copyright for the lifetimes of artistic creators, and a bit over: say 20 years, to enable the family to benefit some.

But 95 year copyrights for works "created" by corporations (as if that ever occurred) are gratuitous rent seeking by the lazy and greedy, I think. And those who have the gall to patent naturally occurring phenomena (such as parts of the human genome) and then stifle potentially valuable* research by demanding rents from others engaged in the field are, in my view, despicable.

*By valuable I mean "of value to humans", not "capable of commanding a price".

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Topic - Next battle in the illegal download wars - rbolaw 13:17:06 07/11/12 (17)

RE: Next battle in the illegal download wars - k-k-k-kenny 06:14:06 07/15/12 (7)

RE: Next battle in the illegal download wars - josh358 17:44:59 07/17/12 (3)

I'd be peeved - k-k-k-kenny 20:33:30 07/17/12 (2)

Also agree completely - rbolaw 07:33:52 07/18/12 (0)

Agree completely (NT) - josh358 04:05:44 07/18/12 (0)

Americans may understand more of that than you think. - rbolaw 16:24:15 07/16/12 (2)

RE: Americans may understand more of that than you think. - jitter2 13:49:19 07/18/12 (0)

Yes - - k-k-k-kenny 14:40:24 07/17/12 (0)

Well, since I don't download anything illegal - Mike K 21:44:46 07/11/12 (8)

RE: Well, since I don't download anything illegal - David Smith 19:33:59 07/12/12 (6)

I agree with you on both of those points(!) - rbolaw 07:14:26 07/13/12 (2)

RE: I agree with you on both of those points(!) - David Smith 09:52:13 07/13/12 (1)

Good luck to you - rbolaw 14:16:01 07/13/12 (0)

RE: Well, since I don't download anything illegal - GEO 06:52:02 07/13/12 (2)

RE: Well, since I don't download anything illegal - David Smith 09:29:49 07/13/12 (1)

RE: Well, since I don't download anything illegal - GEO 13:51:47 07/13/12 (0)

That's the big question - rbolaw 09:07:21 07/12/12 (0)

Follow Ups

I'd be peeved - k-k-k-kenny 20:33:30 07/17/12 (2)

Also agree completely - rbolaw 07:33:52 07/18/12 (0)

Agree completely (NT) - josh358 04:05:44 07/18/12 (0)

I'd be peeved

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