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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
So, at the end of this long chain, why are you coming down so hard on one set of thieves (copyright infringers), and being so soft on the the other set of thieves (the holders of extended copyrights)? They're both thieves (by your definition.)
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Because one is illegal and deprives authors of compensation for their work, and the other is just really bad government. Also, if you'd read my posts you would see that, rather than being soft on copyright extensions, I've said over and over that the current copyright situation is terrible and that it needs to be changed.
Personally I prefer to refer to copyright extension as the Sonny Bono Public Domain Theft Act, and have championed the
Public Domain Enhancement Act several times.
But, just because we don't like the current copyright law, it doesn't give people the right to rip off authors and spread their work over the internet.
Carl