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Re: Read it and creep
I think there is a difference between giving good advice and the tone of this particular letter. I earn my living from the written word and I agree in the general value of the copyright. However I take great offense to the tone of this email: "Ownership of IP rights is essential if your goal is to be successful and wealthy. That is the reason I constantly stress the need to "own everything." All your dealings, all your contracts etc. should be with the view toward owning everything." Own own own...buy buy buy...consume consume consume. I find it offensive that this particular law wasn't pushed because a bunch of us writer's were starving and being harmed by the previous law...but to preserve the archives of the media barons. As individuals, let's remember that the copyright extension just extends the ownership after our deaths...in fact it almost extends it beyond my children's death. I do not write not for personal wealth, but to contribute some value to society. I get my biggest rewards with the mail I get from those who found value in what I wrote. The money only allows me to continue to do what I love. I certainly am not getting rich from it. I'm not against making money or even getting wealthy from that pursuit, but I'm not interested in building a legacy and an empire of my work so that the fruit of my loins can sit on their asses for the next 100 years. People like Hemmingway, Steinbeck, Orwell, Huxley, didn't write to establish a legacy of wealth for their families, and I don't believe that they would support this. This law was pushed my large media companies and introduced by one of their lackeys. After raping the public domain to build their empires, the fat cats of media are simply interested in preserving their revenue streams for hundreds of years. I guarantee you that when their rights are close to expiring once again...they'll push through the Millennium Copyright Act. There are responses to this message:
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