RE: [microsound] ideal copyright

[john saylor <js@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:19:04 -0600, Ryan Whitehead wrote
> 5 years doesn't do much good for ventures that are extremely capital
> intensive, such as drug development.

isn't that a patent?

> For example, why would anybody pay the price to use a
> recent tune when virtually every hit song of the past 50 years is 
> free to pillage?  

they wouldn't.

i think this shorter period of monopoly would create a stronger culture.
artists could be more about sharing than guarding. some people might even get
their minds away from turning everything into revenue- and toward creating
something meaningful, contributing to our humanity.

--
\js  [peace]


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