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Greg Anos · 10-24-2017, 06:00 PM

I'm sorry, Hitch, but you are confusing property with copyright ownership. They are two different animals - very different.

For example, patents expire. I don't see any hue and cry over losing the revenue from an expired patent. Currently, a patent lasts 20 years. (And it costs from a few thousand dollars to get one up to many tens of thousands of dollars. . . A filed copyright costs you 60 dollars, just fill out a form and a check - and under current US law, that is not even required.)

Both Paul and myself have pointed out the US basis for copyright. And it does not fall under property law. It has its own category.

I went though both US and Canadian copyright law in 2009, and built stickies for both of them here on MobileRead.

US Sticky - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=53991

Canadian Sticky - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=57184

10-24-2017, 06:00 PM	#58
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,532 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	I'm sorry, Hitch, but you are confusing property with copyright ownership. They are two different animals - very different. For example, patents expire. I don't see any hue and cry over losing the revenue from an expired patent. Currently, a patent lasts 20 years. (And it costs from a few thousand dollars to get one up to many tens of thousands of dollars. . . A filed copyright costs you 60 dollars, just fill out a form and a check - and under current US law, that is not even required.) Both Paul and myself have pointed out the US basis for copyright. And it does not fall under property law. It has its own category. I went though both US and Canadian copyright law in 2009, and built stickies for both of them here on MobileRead. US Sticky - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=53991 Canadian Sticky - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=57184 Last edited by Greg Anos; 10-24-2017 at 06:19 PM.