Reply #16: But the whole idea of copy right... [View All]

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Is not to make some ones works into another commodity to be sold on the open market. But to insure the means by which the creator of the work can profit by his works, freeing up his time to produce more works. When the artist dies, his works become part of the public domain, and can be freely used as a foundation to build new works, and to protect the right to be inspired by the artist before you.

Intellectual property however, is a direct contradiction to that notion. It uses a "freedom of contract" argument to protect the rights of an artist to barter away his works for little or no compensation, and no control over his works. It insures that the cooperation that owns the intellectual property, owns it for all times, and by all means, and has a right to dictate how it is used. And without exception, that usually involves money.

Are you aware that some discussion in intellectual property right theory has floated the idea that the corporation has a right to rent out this property? Disney is about to launch a line of "self-destruct" CD's that will turn black after being exposed to a bright light source, such as a laser being used to read the DC. Each time you wanted to watch Beauty and The Beast (a story that Disney took from the public domain, BTW, as it was created centuries ago) you would have to buy one CD.