Copyright Rumblings

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Posted by michael on Sunday January 26, 2003 @05:42AM from the digital-landgrab-still-in-progress dept.

dcunning writes "The Economist has a short opinion piece entitled Copyrights: A radical rethink that suggests (horror of horrors!) going so far as reverting back to the original copyright term of 14 years, renewable once. The article suggests that, in exchange for this, the 'content industries' be given 'much of the legal backing which they are seeking for copy-protection technologies.' A worthwhile and fair tradeoff?"

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Let me get this straight by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-26 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

They have their cake and we eat it? Or we have the cake and they eat it? Or to we share tha cake? Or maybe it's a pie? I like blueberry.
Re:28 Years by Monkey-Man2000 · 2003-01-26 06:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Not just classic rock, but a lot of Metallica that still sells. Lars would go nuts. It would never happen.

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Re:An Exercise In Futility by Fruny · 2003-01-26 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny

Why do I have the feeling that this decade is going to be known as the "Mine! Mine!" decade.

Well, it is the naughties.
Re:An Exercise In Futility by raehl · 2003-01-26 06:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Copyrights have been violated since the first artist in history signed their name (or stamped their mark) on their work.

This reminds me of the cave drawing P2P network fiasco of 24,845 BC. Trading was so rampant cave wall artists just stopped producing new art because they could not feed themselves. Whole communities of cave-wall artists were forced into becoming hunter-gatherers.

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Re:Faced with two bad choices.... by realperseus · 2003-01-26 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny

offtopic
Sounds like the way we go about electing our President every 4 years here in the US... .. .
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Re:Just wondering... by kien · 2003-01-26 06:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Ummmm. Ever hear of Metallica?

Oh, wait. You said semi-intelligent band....my bad. ;)

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RIAA by TracerJPN_USMC · 2003-01-26 09:14 · Score: 3, Funny

All i have to say is.. http://www.redcoat.net/pics/riaa.jpg

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Rapist violates DMCA, plea bargains down to rape. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-26 10:04 · Score: 1, Funny

Entered house by circumventing digital lock. How long before we see this in the news?
Re:Just wondering... by Blue+Stone · 2003-01-26 13:29 · Score: 2, Funny

"...Geroge W. Bush isn't an idiot..."

Y'know, I was right with you up until that.

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Re:An Exercise In Futility by Alsee · 2003-01-26 14:27 · Score: 2, Funny

This reminds me of the cave drawing P2P network fiasco of 24,845 BC.

Yeah, I think I saw a documentary on that. The copyright cartel had a real hard time shutting down that P2P network. Eventually they figured out they only way was to kill every last carrier pigeon. That's why they're extint.

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