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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Personally, I believe that "economic incentive" is the main purpose of copyright (though I believe that it is an American perspective and it may not reflect the purpose of copyright law in all countries). I also believe in the "social good" argument, and want to find some balance between those two perspectives. Alas, what we have at the moment is not a balance. Retroactive copyright extensions diminishes the idea of economic incentives. Something which did not exist at the time is not an incentive to create, and long term copyrights actually create a disincentive to create new material. (Actually, I find it quite disgusting that people can live off the proceeds of a few months work for their entire life from a combination of luck and good marketing.)
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I think that it would be great if it were as easy and profitable as that. It
would mean that what the author produces in the "few months work", had
value to a whole lot of people, who are willing to part with their hard earned
money, to obtain a copy. [You must really hate Hollywood.]
(We can't get into a discussion about "Social Good", as there are some of
the moderators who seem to take notice of such comments and will shut
down the thread, as soon as the conservative side of the issue gets raised.)
Luck;
Ken