[GRLUG] I hate DRM - NOT LINUX RELATED

[Ron Lauzon]

Bob Kline wrote:
> Not likely?  Look at what the senate did
> for Disney: it extended the copyright period
> another 25 years,  to 95,  just so DIsney could
> keep control  of its cartoon movies for a while
> longer.

Not just "a while longer."  They are looking at perpetual copyright on 
the installment plan.  As soon as that extension was passed, they 
started lobbying for yet another extension.

> If you think they
> aren't in on this,  look at the fuss they are
> making about Google putting books online.
>   

I believe that the reason for this is not copyright issues.

If Google puts all these books up, it will highlight how many works are 
still under copyright but their authors are long dead.  It will make 
public what they don't want everyone to know: that they have locked up 
our culture.

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