If I had the choice between a world where things never came out of copyright and a world where there was no copyright, I'd take the one without copyright every time.
My ideal compromise is 20 years.
I'm willing to compromise further and say "The lifetime of the original creator" which would mean that (a) they got everything out of it they possibly could and never saw it changed.
But I really think that it is wrong of other people to prevent me from producing anything I like. It's an abridgement of free speech.
Do you know why you almost never hear people sing Happy Birthday in films? It's because it's in copyright, and doing so means paying massive fees to the copyright holders. Technically, me singing Happy Birthday in a public place counts as a performance and is illegal without permission (and those fees again).
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If I had the choice between a world where things never came out of copyright and a world where there was no copyright, I'd take the one without copyright every time.
My ideal compromise is 20 years.
I'm willing to compromise further and say "The lifetime of the original creator" which would mean that (a) they got everything out of it they possibly could and never saw it changed.
But I really think that it is wrong of other people to prevent me from producing anything I like. It's an abridgement of free speech.
Do you know why you almost never hear people sing Happy Birthday in films? It's because it's in copyright, and doing so means paying massive fees to the copyright holders. Technically, me singing Happy Birthday in a public place counts as a performance and is illegal without permission (and those fees again).
Now, tell me _that_ is moral.
Exposing the Happy Birthday story:
(Anonymous) 2003-07-15 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)