Fixed; and that's one of the big problems: Copyrights/trademarks are essentially an unlimited period of time. (Thanks Disney. [/sarc])
The other is that there's a lot of organizations which are claiming intellectual property
over things they shouldn't — I have a friend who left Google after they tried to "renegotiate" his contract to include a clause saying that everything he did, even in his free time, was their property.
This clown is totally wrong.
What a moron.
U.S. copyright protection is now 95 years, but Disney gets Congress to extend it every time Mickey Mouse is about to fall into the public domain so for all intents and purposes, copyrights now last forever.
IMHO, copyright protection should last no longer than patent protection.
It’s very simple, but elites think sheeple are dumba$$es who don’t understand even simple things.
So the elites proceed to try to trick the sheeple.
Copyright is when a sheeple authors something, say a book, a software program or a painting.
Now the sheeple has copyright law to protect the property that he made, so MR. Elite can’t go and make millions of copies of what sheeple authored and sell those copies without sheeples permission; sheeple can therefore make money off what sheeple authors.
Public statements are not copyrightable.
The elite’s website in this case can have copyright over their content, but citing the statements made by Elite Summers on their Elite site is considered Fair Use.
The elites HATE the idea of sheeple making a lot of money for themselves.
So they cite invalid examples to prove that copyright should be abolished completely.
Damn those sheeple !
Sheeple should prosecute the elites so they are punished and removed from society.
Elites hate people - but the WORST people ARE THEM.
Here’s where the concept of ‘copyright’ all started.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensing_of_the_Press_Act_1662
The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 is an Act of the Parliament of England (14 Car. II. c. 33), long title “An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses.” It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.
The Act was originally limited to two years. The provisions as to importation of books, the appointment of licensers, and the number of printers and founders were practically re-enactments of the similar provisions in an order of the Star Chamber of 1637.
Printing presses were not to be set up without notice to the Stationers’ Company. A king’s messenger had power by warrant of the king or a secretary of state to enter and search for unlicensed presses and printing. Severe penalties by fine and imprisonment were denounced against offenders. The act was successively renewed up to 1679.
I just want my free online movies back. Viooz has been eviscerated.
They should give you a choice when you file ; 20 years, no more, transferable or ; Lifetime of the copyright holder but is public domain upon death. Nontransferable.
They should give you a choice when you file ; 20 years, no more, transferable or ; Lifetime of the copyright holder but is public domain upon death. Nontransferable.
It seems to me intellectual property rights ought to remain in effect indefinitely and be transferrable from one generation to the next. Why should someone who creates a valuable entity lose rights and control over it just because time passes?
As usual, the Founders had it right and every change since has screwed things up.
The Pirate Bay is resolving the issue