Comments on: government sponsored monopolies http://shutdownnow.com/2009/09/18/government-sponsored-monopolies Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:49:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://shutdownnow.com/2009/09/18/government-sponsored-monopolies/comment-page-1#comment-3791 Ryan Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:49:13 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=145#comment-3791 I agree 100%. The problem is that it's not an issue enough voters care about, but it's an issue that deep-pocketed copyright holders care about very much (i.e. spend money on). I would rather see copyright return to the original 14 years. I think the Statute of Anne got it right way back in 1709. That being said, I would be willing to compromise and settle for reducing copyright terms to something like 40 years for "works for hire" and the life of the author for non "works for hire". (C) 2010 Ryan Durham j/k I agree 100%. The problem is that it’s not an issue enough voters care about, but it’s an issue that deep-pocketed copyright holders care about very much (i.e. spend money on). I would rather see copyright return to the original 14 years. I think the Statute of Anne got it right way back in 1709. That being said, I would be willing to compromise and settle for reducing copyright terms to something like 40 years for “works for hire” and the life of the author for non “works for hire”.

(C) 2010 Ryan Durham
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