 GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | reply to Sammer
Re: About time someone helps said by Sammer:said by GlobalMind:Want to defend copyright? Fine, howabout reverting the limits back to what they were intended and not extended to 1000 years past the life of the last living relative of the artist which is basically what it is now with the labels being the ones "owning" the copyrights. While your remarks are more than a bit over the top there were no corporate copyrights originally. They were intended for authors and artists who are actual living breathing human beings and not legal entities known as corporations. As the Declaration of Independence states, individual humans beings have certain inalienable rights endowed by the Creator. Individual Copyrights may allow artists to pursue happiness. Corporations are not human (they have no mortal soul) and the only rights they have or should have are given (and can be taken away) by government. So if anyone views corporate copyrights or any copyrights extending more than fifty years as an abomination of justice, I certainly see your point. You are correct and I am well aware of what the original intent of copyright was.
However, it's been bastardized into what we have today, driven not by the actual artists but by the corporate interests who control the music business. Not all the artists "own" the copyrights to their music.
As to length, the term was originally set, and it's been gradually changed over the years. In the cases of copyrights being owned by the corporation, that "life" of the artist becomes essentially forever.
You consider my comments over the top, but I know there's those who absolutely support what I've said.
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