[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:14:20 -0500

So your definition of talentless include the modern contemporary
masters such as Van Gogh and Man Ray (who both died penniless)? Or
composers such as Copland and Ives? Countless great literary authors
from the recent past? Great photographers such as Weston and Adams?


Eric Goldstein

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On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Exactly my point, bunch of greedy talentless people who should get a job.
> FD
>
> On 2 Dec, 2009, at 23:25, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
>> Tell this to the estates of Elvis, Michael Jackson, just about all
>> modern painters or note...
>>
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Frank Dernie
>> <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark William Rabiner
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