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Originally Posted by rcentros
Often fiction that was completely oral (passed down), often conflicting stories that needed to be sifted through and never copyrighted. It's a red herring for this discussion.
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Why? If your premise is that the real reason you want perpetual copyright is because writers need to come up with new ideas, then that should apply to the old legends and myths and fairy tales, as well.
If Romeo and Juliet had been covered by perpetual copyright, then West Side Story would have never been written or performed. That's just *one* example. Of course, there's also the fact that if any of Shakespeare's works had been covered by perpetual copyright, nobody alive today would even know about them, since they wouldn't be able to be re-printed or performed.
Automatic perpetual copyright is, in my opinion, a *very bad* idea.
Shari