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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 1542334" data-attributes="member: 1405">You are forgetting fair use which is a part of copyright law.  An individual who has purchased a book has the right to copy that book (ie. they must copy the book that they purchased).A law firm would be different, although they would still have a fair use ability to copy sections for use rather than buying a new copy every time someone needed a single paragraph!  However, wholesale copying of entire books would not be fair use in the case you mentioned, which is entirely different from individuals.However, I am on your side in saying that I do not agree with the people who KaZaa etc.  However, this practice could have been solved if the RIAA and others had seen it as an opportunity rather than a threat.  Think of all the money they would have made through subscription services etc. (idiots!)Also, copyright in general has been misused.  I mean, really, Life PLUS 75 years!  That leaves the door open for copyrights that could last upward of 150 years!  This means that a book written today would not be available in the public domain until the mid-22nd century.  Then what happens when some 20-year-old writes a book tomorrow and then lives to be 150-200 (which could happen with modern medical science advancing as it is).  That means it hits public domain in 2279!!!  That is NUTS!Just think of the horrid effect that will have on society....the implications are frightening.I can see companies hiring ever younger artists to produce creative work that they do not produce in order to keep copyrights as long as possible.  Not to benefit the artist, but rather the corporation....oh...wait....(already happening in the music industry)And please do not get me started on how corporations are using the public domain, then copyrighting it!</blockquote>

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