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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 1837 Views
I find it difficult to see this as stealing rights from the public. Rebekah - 04/01/2012 11:15:35 AM 967 Views
Are you arguing for illegal use of legally protected works? Aeryn - 04/01/2012 09:34:18 PM 898 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 887 Views
That's not the point, though. Macharius - 05/01/2012 01:05:17 PM 951 Views
???? random thoughts - 05/01/2012 03:22:58 PM 923 Views
Re: ???? Macharius - 05/01/2012 04:04:21 PM 957 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 925 Views
not to mention public libraries *NM* random thoughts - 05/01/2012 03:21:04 PM 508 Views
Blame Disney. *NM* Vivien - 04/01/2012 05:48:00 PM 651 Views
I don't get it. Palatine - 04/01/2012 05:51:19 PM 1188 Views
You know those Jane Austen parodies? Only because Jane Austen is in the public domain. Aeryn - 04/01/2012 09:32:20 PM 989 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 970 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 511 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 908 Views
Precisely the point. Vivien - 04/01/2012 10:45:01 PM 912 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 420 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 1004 Views
Regarding quotes or poem lines, they ask permission for those. Legolas - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 853 Views
Answering you specifically Palatine - 05/01/2012 04:57:33 PM 923 Views
But that doesn't make sense. Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:18:08 PM 1089 Views
Here's the gist of it. Palatine - 06/01/2012 04:18:29 PM 921 Views
Patents and copyrights aren't meant to last forever (shouldn't, anyway) Vivien - 04/01/2012 10:33:30 PM 957 Views
I know they aren't. I don't necessarily agree that they shouldn't though. Palatine - 05/01/2012 05:01:05 PM 866 Views
Copyrights stifle creativity. Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 953 Views
Re: Copyrights stifle creativity. Palatine - 06/01/2012 04:39:24 PM 1356 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 886 Views
Why. Palatine - 06/01/2012 05:05:20 PM 1493 Views
That is a very confusing article. Legolas - 04/01/2012 10:19:22 PM 1018 Views
Works published between 1923 and 1978 are different Larry - 04/01/2012 10:25:16 PM 946 Views
Do you think it is right that Disney can protect its movies? random thoughts - 05/01/2012 05:29:08 PM 894 Views
Ok, what has movies Disney done lately that were on par with its classics? *NM* Aeryn - 05/01/2012 07:44:20 PM 403 Views
And speaking of Disney's classics... ranagrande - 05/01/2012 10:06:16 PM 1052 Views
Until Disney discovered and copyrighted them, they obviouslty didn't exist. *NM* Vivien - 06/01/2012 12:58:55 AM 444 Views
Except of course they haven't copyrighted them... DomA - 06/01/2012 01:53:01 AM 873 Views
nice theory but you can make a Little Mermaid movie if you want random thoughts - 06/01/2012 02:48:47 PM 926 Views
OK why is that even a point of argument? random thoughts - 06/01/2012 02:42:47 PM 896 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 487 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 949 Views
Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* Larry - 05/01/2012 07:57:38 PM 1045 Views
Do you really want corporations to be immortal? Vivien - 06/01/2012 12:50:11 AM 950 Views
In a sense, aren't they already? Larry - 06/01/2012 02:42:53 AM 1037 Views
Re: Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* DomA - 06/01/2012 01:18:04 AM 949 Views
It's a thorny issue and I largely agree with you Larry - 06/01/2012 02:50:24 AM 971 Views
Huh... apparently, Mickey Mouse is already Public Domain anyway ranagrande - 06/01/2012 07:30:36 AM 1128 Views
Can you back that up? Vivien - 06/01/2012 04:17:35 AM 1067 Views
Re: Can you back that up? DomA - 06/01/2012 06:02:01 PM 860 Views
Artist/Singers used to *always* be on tour in order to make a living. Vivien - 06/01/2012 09:34:44 PM 1158 Views
Re: the piracy issues ranagrande - 06/01/2012 06:30:46 AM 1061 Views
Book piracy Vivien - 06/01/2012 05:21:40 PM 1163 Views
corporations have always had rights random thoughts - 06/01/2012 04:08:12 PM 912 Views
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