Thread: Cory Doctorow on DRM on the BBC website
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Old 03-16-2011, 12:54 PM   #43
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You can disagree all you like but you can't change the meaning of the English language and put very simply, "Quite long" does NOT equal "Unlimited," these have distinctly different meanings...


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Originally Posted by etienne66 View Post
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. From my point of view they haven't given limited rights to the author but given limited rights to the author and their heirs. Assuming the author does not die young it is likely that the author's great-great-grandchildren will be the last rights holders before they expire. In my opinion this is no longer promoting "the Progress of Science and useful Arts" as was originally intended, but to secure a legal monopoly that is not allowed in regards to patents.

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