Re: Let's boycott the record industry

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From: Roger Schlafly
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00

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andysch wrote:
> Yeah, well, the biggest misunderstanding of all is that
> extending copyright duration retroactively is somehow
> beneficial.  Let's start with the big misunderstandings and then
> work our way down to the trivial and obscure ones.

I think that goes to the heart of why we have copyright law.
Is it for ...

1. public benefit by incentivising authors
2. let authors realize the fruits of their labors
3. help businesses that depend on copyrights

IMHO, copyright extension only makes sense in the case of reason 3.

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From: Roger Schlafly <roger_95073@my-dejanews.com>
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