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| Topic | Do you agree with Ridley? (please answer before mods delete this topic) |
| KodyKeir 08/12/21 5:46:35 AM #17: | ParanoidObsessive posted... "I want something, therefore the universe is obligated to give it to me, and if it doesn't, I'm perfectly entitled to take it anyway." That is a perfect summation of human history. adjl posted... (though it's gradually being made more lenient largely because of pressure from Disney, thanks to many of their IP's having broken the 75-year mark). I'm having trouble parsing that sentence, are you saying that Disney is leading the charge against draconian copyright laws? Because it was Disney that had the law changed from 56 years (already draconian) to 75 and then again to 95 with the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, and has been quietly lobbying congress to extend it to 125 years or beyond; the only reason an extension has not been granted or otherwise slipped into a bill is because of the work of the EFF. Here in Canada, it's life of the artist plus twenty years, which is entirely reasonable. --- Why didn't you DODGE‽‽‽ Quoting me will trigger the profanity filter, Not Joking. I've been Scunthorped! Consider yourself warned. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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