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The Double Edge of Copyright Extensions

Posted by michael on from the pay-it-forward dept.

porkface writes "The Morning News is running a simple, but eloquent editorial that plainly shows how Hollywood has routinely benefitted from the expiration of copyright, despite their adamant pressure on Capitol Hill to extend copyright almost indefinitely."

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  1. Greed... by achacha · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's mine is mine, what's yours should be mine also if I can profit from it.

  2. Re:Double edged? by TMB · · Score: 5, Funny

    (this post brought to you by the ASDRWDRTA... the Association for SlashDot Readers Who Don't Read The Article)

  3. d00d! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    Don't you know it is now both immoral and criminal to think beyond the next quarterly report?

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  4. I love english by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    LXG is based on a comic book entitled The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    I say this acronym doesn't have a LEG to stand on.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash