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<blockquote data-quote="Frostmarrow" data-source="post: 41207" data-attributes="member: 1122">*Dons asbestos suit*I think the copyright laws need to be reviewed and rewritten. Some of the basic rights of the author are too extensive in my opinion. If I write a song I will have the rights for that song for my entire life. Thereafter my family can collect revenue from the sales of that song for another 70 years! (I think it's 70 years but it differs slightly whether you are an author or a composer.)Now, since my song is spread through the global village much faster nowadays than what they did when the laws were written I think 70 years is too much. Writing an evergreen on a sunny afternoon shouldn't make you a billionaire, should it? Since a movie need to make a profit after two weeks to be a success I figure you should keep copyrights for... say a month. After which time the film becomes public domain.Who cares about copyright anyway when everything is digital? I mean, I never steal copyrighted material ( I have a few PD mp3s) but why should I pay for the hordes of pirates that visits Direct Connect, Morpheus or AudioGalaxy every day? There are millions upon millions of digital thieves in the world. Clearly copying is something everybody does, therfore in the sake of fairness it should be a democratic right for all.Every artist is a cannibal Every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief -The Fly, U2-</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frostmarrow, post: 41207, member: 1122"] *Dons asbestos suit* I think the copyright laws need to be reviewed and rewritten. Some of the basic rights of the author are too extensive in my opinion. If I write a song I will have the rights for that song for my entire life. Thereafter my family can collect revenue from the sales of that song for another 70 years! (I think it's 70 years but it differs slightly whether you are an author or a composer.) Now, since my song is spread through the global village much faster nowadays than what they did when the laws were written I think 70 years is too much. Writing an evergreen on a sunny afternoon shouldn't make you a billionaire, should it? Since a movie need to make a profit after two weeks to be a success I figure you should keep copyrights for... say a month. After which time the film becomes public domain. Who cares about copyright anyway when everything is digital? I mean, I never steal copyrighted material ( I have a few PD mp3s) but why should I pay for the hordes of pirates that visits Direct Connect, Morpheus or AudioGalaxy every day? There are millions upon millions of digital thieves in the world. Clearly copying is something everybody does, therfore in the sake of fairness it should be a democratic right for all. Every artist is a cannibal Every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief -The Fly, U2- [/QUOTE]

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