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Answering you specifically Palatine Send a noteboard - 05/01/2012 04:57:33 PM
No. No Jane Austen parodies come to mind.

The purpose of copyright protection laws is to allow inventors/creators to profit from their creation, and thus to encourage creativity. But if the protection extends past a reasonable timeframe, it does the opposite. There's no reason to extend copyright protection past an inventor's lifetime.


It seems to me current copyright timeframes usaully extend beyond most creators' lifetimes, so they profit the entire time. Once they're dead, it's not the copyright laws that discourage creativity, it's death.

A reason to extend copyright protection is so that descendants can reap the benefits. People create wealth in many professions that they pass on to their families in various forms.
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Why Johnny Can't Read Any New Public Domain Books In The US: Because Nothing New Entered The P.D. Great Lord of Chaos - 03/01/2012 11:33:34 PM 2078 Views
I find it difficult to see this as stealing rights from the public. Rebekah - 04/01/2012 11:15:35 AM 1190 Views
Are you arguing for illegal use of legally protected works? Aeryn - 04/01/2012 09:34:18 PM 1148 Views
No. I'm saying that keeping works in copyright doesn't stop them from being read, watched, etc. Rebekah - 04/01/2012 10:24:50 PM 1098 Views
That's not the point, though. Macharius - 05/01/2012 01:05:17 PM 1174 Views
???? random thoughts - 05/01/2012 03:22:58 PM 1134 Views
Re: ???? Macharius - 05/01/2012 04:04:21 PM 1179 Views
That isn't inspiration that wanting to use the popularity of the original to promote your work random thoughts - 05/01/2012 05:04:25 PM 1144 Views
not to mention public libraries *NM* random thoughts - 05/01/2012 03:21:04 PM 606 Views
Blame Disney. *NM* Vivien - 04/01/2012 05:48:00 PM 765 Views
I don't get it. Palatine - 04/01/2012 05:51:19 PM 1447 Views
You know those Jane Austen parodies? Only because Jane Austen is in the public domain. Aeryn - 04/01/2012 09:32:20 PM 1232 Views
Parody is actually covered by the legal definition of fair use so doesn't break copyright. Rebekah - 04/01/2012 10:28:08 PM 1193 Views
I'm fairly sure the Jane Austen parodies do in fact use actual paragraphs... no? *NM* Legolas - 04/01/2012 10:31:32 PM 655 Views
The zombies one doesn't precisely. It's somewhat modernised. I've not read the others. Rebekah - 04/01/2012 10:32:59 PM 1129 Views
Precisely the point. Vivien - 04/01/2012 10:45:01 PM 1105 Views
Yes, they take tons of text from actual books. Contrast this with Ms. Rowling's reaction. *NM* Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:01:46 PM 524 Views
If there's zero chance of needing a lawyer at some point, it's way more likely to actually happen. Vivien - 04/01/2012 10:43:23 PM 1212 Views
Regarding quotes or poem lines, they ask permission for those. Legolas - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 1058 Views
Answering you specifically Palatine - 05/01/2012 04:57:33 PM 1126 Views
But that doesn't make sense. Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:18:08 PM 1325 Views
Here's the gist of it. Palatine - 06/01/2012 04:18:29 PM 1150 Views
Patents and copyrights aren't meant to last forever (shouldn't, anyway) Vivien - 04/01/2012 10:33:30 PM 1212 Views
I know they aren't. I don't necessarily agree that they shouldn't though. Palatine - 05/01/2012 05:01:05 PM 1092 Views
Copyrights stifle creativity. Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 1192 Views
Re: Copyrights stifle creativity. Palatine - 06/01/2012 04:39:24 PM 1603 Views
Re: I know they aren't. I don't necessarily agree that they shouldn't though. Vivien - 06/01/2012 12:47:50 AM 1099 Views
Why. Palatine - 06/01/2012 05:05:20 PM 1767 Views
That is a very confusing article. Legolas - 04/01/2012 10:19:22 PM 1257 Views
Works published between 1923 and 1978 are different Larry - 04/01/2012 10:25:16 PM 1187 Views
Do you think it is right that Disney can protect its movies? random thoughts - 05/01/2012 05:29:08 PM 1117 Views
Ok, what has movies Disney done lately that were on par with its classics? *NM* Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:44:20 PM 500 Views
And speaking of Disney's classics... ranagrande - 05/01/2012 10:06:16 PM 1261 Views
Until Disney discovered and copyrighted them, they obviouslty didn't exist. *NM* Vivien - 06/01/2012 12:58:55 AM 536 Views
Except of course they haven't copyrighted them... DomA - 06/01/2012 01:53:01 AM 1083 Views
nice theory but you can make a Little Mermaid movie if you want random thoughts - 06/01/2012 02:48:47 PM 1152 Views
OK why is that even a point of argument? random thoughts - 06/01/2012 02:42:47 PM 1114 Views
No incentive to make great new works if they can just keep re-releasing Lion King in 3D *NM* Aeryn - 06/01/2012 09:45:38 PM 616 Views
I'm a lot older than your five year old, but I'm not sure I disagree Tangled is better. Legolas - 06/01/2012 11:12:32 PM 1149 Views
Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* Larry - 05/01/2012 07:57:38 PM 1287 Views
Do you really want corporations to be immortal? Vivien - 06/01/2012 12:50:11 AM 1176 Views
In a sense, aren't they already? Larry - 06/01/2012 02:42:53 AM 1248 Views
Re: Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* DomA - 06/01/2012 01:18:04 AM 1176 Views
It's a thorny issue and I largely agree with you Larry - 06/01/2012 02:50:24 AM 1195 Views
Huh... apparently, Mickey Mouse is already Public Domain anyway ranagrande - 06/01/2012 07:30:36 AM 1371 Views
Can you back that up? Vivien - 06/01/2012 04:17:35 AM 1297 Views
Re: Can you back that up? DomA - 06/01/2012 06:02:01 PM 1070 Views
Artist/Singers used to *always* be on tour in order to make a living. Vivien - 06/01/2012 09:34:44 PM 1381 Views
Re: the piracy issues ranagrande - 06/01/2012 06:30:46 AM 1308 Views
Book piracy Vivien - 06/01/2012 05:21:40 PM 1386 Views
corporations have always had rights random thoughts - 06/01/2012 04:08:12 PM 1136 Views
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