Re: [microsound] ideal copyright

[Rob <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> if you could write the copyright legislation, what would it say?
>
>  
Step one, no software patents.

No genome or human DNA patents..

No patents for anything that taxpayers fund, ie if you use government 
grants either directly or through universities you.  Some limited 
exclusive production rights may be available but no secrecy.

Very very limited patents for anything medical especially lifesaving 
drugs and proceedures.  Truely, patents on AIDS drugs sicken me.  And 
for what they do patent, almost all of it should be available for other 
researchers, the only real right you can have is limited exclusive 
production to make back your investment and a very ssmall profit to act 
as an incentive (most pharm. profits go to bulky infrastructure, endless 
lawsuits and lobby congress, plus enormous profits, only a small 
percentage is invested in further research.)

All other patents fall away after a few years.

Copyright, full access to flexible, enforceable open-source type licenses.

If you don't want to release it full open-source, the public gets 
generous fair-use rights including royalty free copies for education, 
regardless of what it is.

And it can't outlive you.

Rob

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