Scott Ingram wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 3:39 AM > Subject: Re: Artificial release dates and online publishing > > >> Scott Ingram wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> I would respect Intellectual property Laws a lot more if they >>>>>> expired in a reasonable fashion, that is to say if everything got >>>>>> released to the public domain after 7 - 10 - even 15 years the >>>>>> world would be a richer place for the human efforts put forth. >>>>>> But no, it's not the case people feel the need to strangle every >>>>>> last dime out of a piece of media/software. >>>>> >>>>> Well, Jhereg was published in 1983. Do you want to tell Steve that >>>>> we get to publish our own editions of it? >>>> >>>> What is the point? I don't want to publish my own edition of >>>> Jhereg, if you do you ought to talk to Steve. >>> >>> If his copyright expired at say, 20 years, then next year I wouldn't >>> have to talk to Steve. >>> >>> I could just take it. >>> >>> I don't think Steve would want to talk to me after that. >>> >>> -Scott >> >> Which would be his right, but his work has already affected you and >> the things you do, > > Which is fine, because I paid for the book and the priviledge of > reading it. > >> it's all relative anyway in a hundred years when we have >> devices that help record all of our experiences copyright will be >> broken, once I can access my database of experiences to full >> reproductive measure the single exposure is all one will pay for and >> not even likely that, I could just borrow something and then >> experience it once and look back to that experience through a device >> that reproduces it externally for me. Think of the computer evolved. > > So basically you're saying that you'll have a portable scanner and > CD-burner. > And maybe have it hard-wired into your brain so you can record the > imput from your ears, or something? > > Yeah, portable computers rock, it's still piracy though. The *Hell* it is, My experiences are not owned by anyone and my right to access a high quality record of *my* experiences is more fundamental than anyones right to control what happens to media they created that they 'willingly' put into the world. Technically your memory is infringing thousands of copyrights.... It's such a joke. Copyright, IP, Patents restrict the rights of the 'whole' for the increase of rights for the entity (often a corporation). So I better not take a picture of my room cause there is almost certainly 100's of copyright infringements bound to happen... That's what fair use is supposed to be about, telling my computer to record my memories would in no way violate fair use. As reverse engineering a drug to save lives is also fair use, some things are more fundamental than others even if they aren't legal.