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> but the right to copy it's products that were produced, and sold X years ago. No, it would be the products sold today. Copyright doesn't expire once a work s
by electromagnetic 15y ago
> but the right to copy it's products that were produced, and sold X years ago.
No, it would be the products sold today. Copyright doesn't expire once a work stops being sold. The reason a change has been made is because the works are still being sold in a large enough volume that people stand to loose enough money to lobby government to protect.
Perhaps not taking your company, but when they're taking your product and profitability, they're certainly taking away your production lines. Who isn't going to buy the entire discography of the Rolling Stones for $10 when the band is still charging a fortune per album.
- lutorm 15y agoYou know, society doesn't function in such a way that things are wrong merely because they prevent you from realizing profits you think you might be able to realize in some hypothetical universe. There are plenty of ways things could be changed in such a way that individual would make more money. However, the guiding principle behind copyright (at least according to the US constitution) is to "further the progress of science and the useful arts", not for individuals to make money, and I find it extremely doubtful that current copyright terms were just too short for people to bother creating stuff...
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoHear, hear! Part of the copyright deal is that we, the people, provide a framework of legal protections on the understanding that works are released in to the public domain. As with patents, copyright from the public perspective is about encouraging innovation and creation but also about ultimately freeing ideas and creations for the public use. It is a vast shame that US corporate profit is now apparently dictating statute in Europe to the detriment of the ordinary people of Europe.