Anifa Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 [url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2003/copyrightstatement_011603.html]ASCAP in the News[/url] For anyone who is not already aware of the Supreme Courts' ruling on copyright extension... Old news maybe, but I didn't see any posts about it so I thought I'd toss up the link. You can take the man away from his music, but you can't take the music out of the man. Books by Craig Anderton through Amazon Sweetwater: Bruce Swedien\'s "Make Mine Music" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spigotsaol.com Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 I've always wondered why a copyright isn't forever. Steven Tyler wrote the damned thing, why should his families' right to it suddenly be taken away? lightyears away from a law dergree, Spank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 We hear all the time about how our Constitution should be "fluid" and adaptable to the times. I almost always disagree with this, but here's one area where it's true. When the Founders wrote copyright protection into the Constitution, I don't think they could have foreseen the mass media we have today. Could they have guessed that an image of a cartoon mouse would ever become so hot a property, or that its image would be in popular use for so long a time? I doubt they could conceive that any great fortune could be made from a 75-year-old idea. I am glad to see that the court protected intellectual property. Ideas are easy to steal - they don't make a bulge in your jacket. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrmac Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Jode: [b]We hear all the time about how our Constitution should be "fluid" and adaptable to the times. I almost always disagree with this, but here's one area where it's true. When the Founders wrote copyright protection into the Constitution, I don't think they could have foreseen the mass media we have today. Could they have guessed that an image of a cartoon mouse would ever become so hot a property, or that its image would be in popular use for so long a time? I doubt they could conceive that any great fortune could be made from a 75-year-old idea. I am glad to see that the court protected intellectual property. Ideas are easy to steal - they don't make a bulge in your jacket.[/b][/quote]Since when has copyright protection been written into The Constitution? It's just a law, not one of the founding principles of America. Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: (The Congress shall have the power) 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. The Founding Fathers knew that the basis of all other freedoms was property rights, whether physical property such as land, or more abstract property such as patents and copyrights. That is what makes this country special: when a man owns something, he OWNS it, and he has first claim to it, and not the government, or the King, or the Fuhrer, or what have you. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattC Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Hey- posted that a few days ago. oh well... ...think funky thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Competing topic threads----bumped for a Race To The Bottom Of The Page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Anifa, please read my comment on the other thread, too! :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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