[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law

  • From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:44:06 +0000

Why not have copyright end with the death of the original artist/inventor, he 
doesn't need the income anymore and it would avoid unseemly arguments from the 
family, who have done nothing to earn the income.

On 2 Dec, 2009, at 00:36, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> 
>> Mark your statement doesn't follow from what was said. Please explain.
>> Marvin.
>> 
>> 
>>> works in question are already extant. Even more mysterious to me is
>>> how extending copyright out to 70 years after the author's death
>>> encourages the creation of new works. But of course I am being
>>> intentionally obtuse.
>> 
>> 
>> Because they figure if  he's dead he's not going to produce much more works
>> after than anyway.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> 
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> f
> 
> I'm just not following who's being not encouraged to produce works if there
> stuff is has a cut off on their copywrite.
> 
> It almost sounds like what you are saying is that because all these authors
> have their stuff copywrited then there're no point in my doing any writing.
> Which to me does not make sense but I'm sure that's not what you're saying.
> 
> So its me not following you not the other way around
> 
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> Mark William Rabiner
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