[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by Iphinome

I was suggesting copyright as you want it doesn't promote science and the useful arts.

And you've failed to say why. There's unprecedented levels of creativity in today's society, and copyrights last 70 years past death.

Having a copyright doesn't prevent people from accessing the material. They can buy it. If we're talking books, movies, CDs, these things are quite cheap. If they can't afford it, there's libraries, radio, broadcast tv etc.

Pride and prejudice and Zombies is something new you never thought to put zombies into Victorian era society tales.

But the author didn't HAVE to just remix that book. He could have got the idea and wove his own Victorian society tale that involved Zombies. But he took the easy way out and just remixed a famous book as he knew the famous name would sell more copies and was the only chance at making a buck.

Nice ingenuity and way to cash in for sure. But limited creativity at best.

And again, I'm not saying stuff should NEVER enter the public domain. It should--just upon the author's death or a short time after.

You keep accusing everyone else of no respect for rights and wanting something for nothing. Copyright has a cost.

I see little to no cost to society from copyrights that expire at (or shortly after the holder's death), for the reasons above. It's not like copyrights make material difficult for people to consume legally. Most of this stuff is cheap, and if not most can be consumed freely in a variety of forms that don't involve owning your own copy.