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"It's rife with 'I love my vampire masters' baloney." - from the Scratchware Manifesto

http://209.120.136.195/scratch.php

In the case of software, at least, this is more significant.

I also have less of a problem with long copyright than, say, patents. They don't prevent other people from creating new works, at least.

However, the point of copyright is completely to create an economic construct to fund the creation of useful new works and move them into the public domain. The drawbacks of a limited-time monopoly are seen as a worthwhile tradeoff for the content that gets created.

However, in the case of software, the stuff will *never* move into the public domain during its useful lifetime. Places like The Home of the Underdogs (currently having some DNS trouble) are not legal, though the service they provide is desireable.

Even in the case of other works, while the damage caused by extremely long copyright is more limited, it certainly goes against the grain of what copyright was intended to do.

http://209.120.136.195/game.php?name=Chaos+Engine
http://209.120.136.195/game.php?id=1351

Anyway... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Underdogs

http://209.120.136.195/game.php?name=Chaos+Engine
http://209.120.136.195/game.php?id=1351

Anyway... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Underdogs

Access it via the IP address. They're undergoing domain name negotiations.

Sarinee Achavanuntakul, in a rare public appearance in IRC, related that this problem is due to credit card details, and the domain would be working soon. In the meantime, the site is accessible at http://209.120.136.195/