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Originally Posted by gmw
Yep, that's what I'm saying, the debate was over long ago; I only trying to convince you of that fact  . The general definition of the word property already includes intangible and impermanent. |
Hardly. Oddly enough the IP movement is really being pushed by patents rather copyright, thought we mostly talk about copyright here. Companies love to talk about their IP after they file patents for everything and anything. There was an amusing case where some guy who was trying to teach his kid about the patent process filed a patent on a tire swing and was granted one. Sigh.
Even the Supreme Court has recognized that they are going to need to address patents. They left it so long it's going to be a major effort to clean up. But there is a political will to address patents, mostly because of drug companies. I don't think there is a similar push to reform copyright.
One restrain on copyright in the US is that while Disney may want to keep their copyrights, having Snow White in PD outside the US makes the attempt fairly moot. Prior efforts simply made copyright term more in line with the rest of the West. Once we start seeing major works such as Snow White, Gone with the Wind and Stagecoach enter public domain I think the whole copyright is property and belongs to the artist forever movement is going to lose a lot of steam. Who knows once the pressure by Disney lets up, the preservation movement will pick up again and they will finally do something about orphaned works.