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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/21/06 22:01
On 21 Jan 2006 18:49:24 +0100, "Alun L. Palmer" <elektros@yahoo.com>
Gave us:
>Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in
>news:slrndt1vg7.kgc.nospam@debian.dns2go.com:
>
>> Invid Fan wrote on [Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:48:15 -0500]:
>>> In article <1137745175.981878.288220@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there something like abandonware in music, litterature and movie
>>>> industry ???
>>>>
>>> There's public domain, when the copyright has expired. Letting
>>> something go out of print for a few years doesn't put it there, though
>>> :)
>>
>> copyrights don't expire anymore. Not until Disney stops buying
>congress.
>
>LOL! You're right, of course. They should just be honest and ask for a
>Mickey Mouse bill to preserve the copyright on the mouse in perpetuity,
>and change the copyright term back to 50 years. IMHO it should be cut to
>10 years for software applications. There should also be some provision
>for abandonment for non publication.
>
>I actually beleive in the central tenets of patent law, but I can't say
>the same for copyright law as it stands today. I suppose it's just as
>well I am only a patent agent.
All I know is that the CARTOON Cinderella DVD is NOT worth $39.00.
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