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[Bob Kline]

Sorry,  my Wikipedia source was
incorrected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law

Top posted here for your convenience and
ease of location...  ;-)

    -Bob


On Dec 11, 2007 3:53 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 10:48 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 11, 2007 5:38 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136069.stm
> > >
> >
> >
> > The reason for this limitation is that WD doesn't want to get sued in
> > case you decide to give the access codes to your MP3 collection to the
> > whole world.  Because of how their service operates, they fear they
> > would be considered an accomplice in copyright infringement.
> >
> >
> >
> That might be the problem.  In a manner
> of speaking, as each company chickens
> out,  or caves, to the MPAA and the RIAA
> it's one more way for the Internet to drown
> in a sea of litigation and copyright law, and
> to tighten up more.
>
> When  Mike Eisner was at Disney he
> managed to almost single handedly get
> the copyright period extend to all but infinity:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> Call it 100 years in round numbers.  And it's
> retro active on many things if companies and
> individuals apply for extensions.
>
> With those copyrights come lawsuits.  Endless
> lawsuits.
>
> I believe it's the case that every e-mail is
> automatically copyrighted.  This might have
> some corporate connection,  to make sure
> newspapers don't publish an embarrassing
> e-mail pointing out how some CEO looted
> all the company's funds.
>
> Pretty soon every piece of code,  every photo,
> every song,  etc,  etc,  becomes a liability to
> have on your machine,  as you're asked to
> prove where you got it,  why you have it,  etc.
>
>     -Bob
>
>
>
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