Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay
by timonovici on Sunday December 28, 2014 @03:29PM
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That's not always the case, Seinfeld still bring a lot of cash for Sony, and they will never agree to stop at any point, if that still brings in money. Even a thousand years would not be enough, because that's the "raison d'être" for corporations: making money.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peterlauria/sony-pictures-business-s...
But I do agree with the general idea - torrents site should stay in the legal area (but actually is not site owners who are responsible, it's the users. The site just provides a means to an end, just like a showel could be used in your garden or to smash somebody's head. It would be stupid to sue the hardware store that provided the showel).
Copyright ought to be shorter - several years would be enough, and I guess another rule would help: corporations should be banned from owning the so called "intelectual rights", or copyrights of any kind - those corporations tend to grow into monsters, and however much they would make, only very few of the creative talent behind the work would benefit.
Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay
by Houshalter on Sunday December 28, 2014 @04:27PM
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I said that they make the majority of their money within a few years. Also the question is whether they would have produced Seinfeld anyway, if copyright only lasted 10 years. I think they would have.
I think copyright should only last 10 to 15 years, but that's a battle that is never going to be won. If anything it will likely be extended indefinitely to protect Disney™ Corporation.