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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
What's your point? I never claimed that adaptations could not be made from works that were under copyright. If copyright is eternal, once the rights holder can no longer be contacted, no adaptations can be made. Even if we suppose that the rights holder will be able to be contacted in perpetuity, that would mean the rights holder would be able to dictate how the work is interpreted for eternity.
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I support very liberal orphan laws. If the rights holders can't be determined, then the works go into public domain. If the rights holders can be determined and they refuse, too bad. It's their right.
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It is funny that you mention Farhenheit 451. All those people preserving all those book, a right which you would deny them. In the meantime, I'll keep defending books from the bookburners.
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I wouldn't prevent them from memorizing books. There's nothing illegal about doing so. Copyright issues would probably ensue if one were to "read it aloud" to a "group" of people. That could be construed to be a performance. Regardless; in F451, copyright no longer exists and those dissidents are lawbreakers.