Thread: What If the Copyright Act of 1909 Was Still Law?
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Old 01-06-2011, 06:52 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by Gwen Morse View Post
Why are useful devices "only" protected for 20 years? Are the creative arts that much more valuable to society than devices? If patent-holders are compensated well enough after 20 years, then creative artists should have 20 years as well.
You can also read it that patentable things are more important to society and they need to be released to be fully useful. Art is not so important and for that it is easier to be influences by lobbyists and make absurd laws since art is not so important for society. It does not matter if we get less and worse art because of copyright laws.
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