>So, just to be clear, you are claiming that the author of the book is the filthy capitalist, and Disney is his victim?
Sure he is. And the corollary is that you should be able to freely copy any of Disney's works. You can argue one side or the other, but don't imply he's being inconsistent.
Disney wants to have their cake, and eat it, too. Disney is pure evil. Disney built their empire based on expired copyrights for works by authors such as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Mark Twain. But, since, they've pushed for longer copyright terms to protect their own creative works.
Copyright is granted (in the words of the US Constitution)
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
, and extending terms after a work has been created doesn't do that. There's no public good for extending the copyright term of existing works. And there's no public good for anything by the Beatles, or the early Star Wars movies, to still be under copyright. The original 14+14 year term was completely sufficient.
Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:5, Insightful)
The end result of unfettered capitalism is wealthy organisations eating everything and everyone else.
The power of wealth must be reigned in.
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Weird that you blame "capitalism" for an unnatural right to imaginary property invented by the government.
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Weird that it was capitalists who used government as a tool to create imaginary property for themselves. Oh wait, no. That's what capitalists do.
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So, just to be clear, you are claiming that the author of the book is the filthy capitalist, and Disney is his victim?
Re:Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:5, Insightful)
Sure he is. And the corollary is that you should be able to freely copy any of Disney's works. You can argue one side or the other, but don't imply he's being inconsistent.
Disney wants to have their cake, and eat it, too. Disney is pure evil. Disney built their empire based on expired copyrights for works by authors such as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Mark Twain. But, since, they've pushed for longer copyright terms to protect their own creative works.
Copyright is granted (in the words of the US Constitution)
, and extending terms after a work has been created doesn't do that. There's no public good for extending the copyright term of existing works. And there's no public good for anything by the Beatles, or the early Star Wars movies, to still be under copyright. The original 14+14 year term was completely sufficient.
Disney is stealing our culture from us. Disney--.