Copyright has its place in guaranteeing that the author of a work gets to derive profit from it. But it has been perverted obscenely beyond that, allowing the author's great, great, great grandchildren to keep a work out of the public domain and to continue to profit from it.
If the content publishing industry gets its way, there won't even be a public domain or fair use in the future.
If you want to see what the future would be like under SOPA, just google Performing Rights Society and read about the havoc they've wreaked in England!
I wish the nanny state would stay out of people's private business. What a person chooses to do with their hard-earned money should be their choice, and theirs alone.
I hate to see more laws come on the book. People will simply ignore them and TWD anyway.
Last year, my friend and I were almost sideswiped by a woman one lane left of us who was texting away. She looked up and corrected in time, but it was close!
What's really sad is that some people can't be convinced to change their ways until they're either involved in an accident, or someone close to them is.
I'm certain Mr. Chaplin wouldn't have minded a kid using his song for a charitable work. When he wrote that song, he probably figured it would come into the public domain in just a few years.
Ranting and raving over new technology and trends is nothing new. In the early 1900s, phonographs and movies were the target, in the 40s, it was comic books, since the 50s TV has been a favorite target and since the 1990s, the Internet and so on.
Every 20 or so years, a new technology will be embrace by young people and eschewed and reviled by their elders. Even Plato ranted and raved about corrupt youth in ancient Athens.
Ranting and raving over new technology and trends is nothing new. In the early 1900s, phonographs and movies were the target, in the 40s, it was comic books, since the 50s TV has been a favorite target and since the 1990s, the Internet and so on.
Every 20 or so years, a new technology will be embrace by young people and eschewed and reviled by their elders. Even Plato ranted and raved about corrupt youth in ancient Athens.
Copyright must die because it's just a form of censorship and control. So what if I use a few lines of someone else's work in something I write? Does that make it any less valid? If it's a blatant ripoff, call me out on it. But don't try to knock me offline just because I borrowed from someone else!
People have always borrowed from their predecessors! Ancient Greek plays were based on Ancient Egyptian mystery plays. Shakespeare then borrowed from the Ancient Greek plays for his stories. If copyright had been around back then, we wouldn't have King Lear or Romeo and Juliet!
I'd like to see the rule modified to where we can have phones on, but they must be in vibrate and only silent use (texting, IMing, Web surfing, etc.) is allowed. No one wants to be trapped in a cabin full of people airing their dirty laundry.
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Oppose SOPA
If the content publishing industry gets its way, there won't even be a public domain or fair use in the future.
If you want to see what the future would be like under SOPA, just google Performing Rights Society and read about the havoc they've wreaked in England!
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Last year, my friend and I were almost sideswiped by a woman one lane left of us who was texting away. She looked up and corrected in time, but it was close!
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Texting is better
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Chaplin would be appalled
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Old as the hills
Every 20 or so years, a new technology will be embrace by young people and eschewed and reviled by their elders. Even Plato ranted and raved about corrupt youth in ancient Athens.
It's as old as the hills!
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Old as the hills
Every 20 or so years, a new technology will be embrace by young people and eschewed and reviled by their elders. Even Plato ranted and raved about corrupt youth in ancient Athens.
It's as old as the hills!
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Copyright must die
People have always borrowed from their predecessors! Ancient Greek plays were based on Ancient Egyptian mystery plays. Shakespeare then borrowed from the Ancient Greek plays for his stories. If copyright had been around back then, we wouldn't have King Lear or Romeo and Juliet!
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Professor Cheryl B. Preston, take your commie censorship ideas and stuff 'em!
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