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If we have to choose between giving Disney the exclusive right to a perpetual money machine, or to give all copyright owners the same, because Disney is so ingr
by meric 11y ago
If we have to choose between giving Disney the exclusive right to a perpetual money machine, or to give all copyright owners the same, because Disney is so ingrained into the governing oligarchy, then I think the former choice would be better for society overall.
- ZenPsycho 11y agoIndeed, the choice seems to be give Disney a perpetual money machine, vs. give Disney a perpetual money machine AND wreck the public domain.
- jdeisenberg 11y agoFrom what I understand, giving Disney an exception would be a violation of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
- ZenPsycho 11y agoIt wouldn't need to necessarily be an exception, but it could be, as suggested elsewhere in the thread, an appropriate property tax... If this stuff is indeed "intellectual property" then it should have property taxes. People who don't pay the tax can involuntarily donate to the public domain after the previous reasonable term of say, 56 years after creation.
- lhopki01 11y agoInterestingly enough Peter Pan has a perpetual copyright in the UK. All proceeds goes to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. There's a special Act of Parliament for it it.