We regret to inform you, that on the course of our investigations we noticed that you were using the number "49.95" on your website. As you well now by now, this is also the price of the new exciting action game, "School Shooting 2". Our sales prices are our intellectual property and thus protected by the DMCA. We request that you remove all references to our sale price from your website and send a reply stating that you have done so. You may however, change the number to 49.96, as we have nothing for sale at that price. You may not use the number 49.94 however, as that is the new sale price for the game "Sweatshop Tycoon". We look forward to your compliance, and don't think about posting this letter to the web, as it's copyrighted and protected under the DMCA as well.
The extension of copyright terms clearly is of no benefit to society as a whole, apart from the additional revenue they would generate into the United States from abroad. Literature from the period 1908 and 1928 will now be under the complete control of their owners, which are mostly major corporations.
A work of art is now deprived from the view of the public, and will in many cases be unavailable completely. Copyright holders often like to hold onto their material EVEN IF they're not currently publishing and selling the work. This is because of ZERO benefit the copyright holders will receive by releasing it to the public, and the marginally possible benefit of a revival in the unpublished work's popularity.
In essence art, which is undisputably helpful and necessary to the advancement of society as a whole, will either become more expensive (unaffordable), or unavailable. I fail to see how the additional money the US will make, justifies any concession from art to commerce.
Slashdot Mirror
We regret to inform you, that on the course of our investigations we noticed that you were using the number "49.95" on your website. As you well now by now, this is also the price of the new exciting action game, "School Shooting 2". Our sales prices are our intellectual property and thus protected by the DMCA. We request that you remove all references to our sale price from your website and send a reply stating that you have done so. You may however, change the number to 49.96, as we have nothing for sale at that price. You may not use the number 49.94 however, as that is the new sale price for the game "Sweatshop Tycoon". We look forward to your compliance, and don't think about posting this letter to the web, as it's copyrighted and protected under the DMCA as well.
The extension of copyright terms clearly is of no benefit to society as a whole, apart from the additional revenue they would generate into the United States from abroad. Literature from the period 1908 and 1928 will now be under the complete control of their owners, which are mostly major corporations. A work of art is now deprived from the view of the public, and will in many cases be unavailable completely. Copyright holders often like to hold onto their material EVEN IF they're not currently publishing and selling the work. This is because of ZERO benefit the copyright holders will receive by releasing it to the public, and the marginally possible benefit of a revival in the unpublished work's popularity. In essence art, which is undisputably helpful and necessary to the advancement of society as a whole, will either become more expensive (unaffordable), or unavailable. I fail to see how the additional money the US will make, justifies any concession from art to commerce.