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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
I think the ideal of the public owning the work of others is pretty silly, unless you're a raging commie or something. 
But that said I do get your point. What a content creator "owns" is the writes to reproduce and make money of his creation during their lifetimes (+70 years currently, which should be shortened).
After that, it can go public domain. Then no one owns the rights to it and anyone can use it as they see fit. So just semantics I guess. I just don't like the wording of the public owning anything--especially someone else's work. |
I think that's a little unfair, true that no one owns those works is better wording that the public owns them but the concept of public property doesn't make someone a communist, public buildings are the work of the people who made the bricks and cut the wood and put it all together, they got paid and the people got the result. Public parks, public restrooms, public streets to drive on, PBS, NPR.
It probably seems like I'm starting to dog you it seems to be us being online at the same times and you're not a target of mine or anything. I mean I seem to disagree with every opinion you're expressing but it's not personal I'd give the same reply no matter who made the post except for this part telling you I'd make the same reply.