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Old 02-02-2010, 10:08 AM   #284
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Nice comparison. Thanks.
The comparison of a house mortgage against a book (where anyone can do without it and if they do buy it we're talking 25 dollars or so) really doesn't work for me. The public doesn't need or deserve a work for free just because a person died. Yes, copyright can be taken to extremes, but really. A house an mean quality of life and survival. A book is a luxury. So are most forms of art, be they movies, paintings or whatever.

With a house, if the mortgage can't be paid, it is simply sold and any profit if there is, DOES get passed to the heirs.
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