Re:I have a bad feeling about this
by seclorum on Thursday February 09, 2012 @06:23AM
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>I don't understand how politicians in the free enterprise countries, especially American republicans with their distaste of market regulation, could consider extremely long copyright protection to be a net benefit to the market/country.
Copyright doesn't just protect entertainment content - it protects enlightening content, as well. Science and technology are the real industry markets that will 'benefit' from these copyright laws going through - Disney is just the soft glove over the iron fist that will make it 'acceptable' to the general populace to maintain control over information that can be used to disrupt existing technocratic class cultures.
Re:I have a bad feeling about this
by rbanffy on Thursday February 09, 2012 @08:21AM
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What does society gain from extending the copyright of a dead artist? Will the artist then rise from the dead and start creating again, with such a powerful incentive?
Copyright doesn't just protect entertainment content - it protects enlightening content, as well. Science and technology are the real industry markets that will 'benefit' from these copyright laws going through - Disney is just the soft glove over the iron fist that will make it 'acceptable' to the general populace to maintain control over information that can be used to disrupt existing technocratic class cultures.