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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:11 PM Original message |
Poll question: For how long should a copyrighted work be legally protected? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. OK, the person who voted "forever" did so just as a gag, right? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. probably not. Porbably that person creates something which should not go to public domain. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. i dont wnat my owrks to ever be in the public domain. I'm very careful about how my photos |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "I put everything in writing so that after my death images will be removed from the web" |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It is simply an heir cancelling a contract with Getty ten years after I die. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I went with 40 to 50 years. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Just to nitpick, instead of "Mickey", it should read "the early Mickey shorts and strips". |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I have three isues of a comic called "Uncensored Mouse" |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Cool! Could you be so kind as to take picture(s) and post here for us? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'd love to, but |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow, either opinions are really divided... |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'd most likely go with 100 years from creation |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. As long as the Author is alive - but that's all |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I could go with "X years or, if by an individual, life of author..." |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Other: NEVER. nt |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I like the idea of owning the photos I take, and don't like that you aren't for that n/t |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. A single nonrenewable 25 year term |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If I remember right, trademark law is already somewhat like that. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well the problem with patents is that patentholders |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Creator's lifetime plus 20 years is |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I think you're right |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Why not use "time of death of the author"? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. (1) Doesn't apply to works made by corporations; |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. (2) - how is that unfair? Dead people can't spend money and can't enjoy notoriety. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I think SOME consideration for the author's descendants is warranted. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Too simple. We need a corporate choice and an individual choice. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. Other: Life of the Author + 18 Years |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'd add a year for late arrivals, but other than that I agree. (nt) |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. Irving Berlin outlived some of his copyrights |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. Until the death of the author. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. I voted "forever," even though I don't mean that literally. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. 10-15 years. |
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