[Upd-discuss] 50 years is too much

[Michael Hart]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Richard Stallman wrote:

>    Michael is right. The same approach is mandatory for all IP: roll back
>    TRIPS, and roll back all irrational extensions of copyright to the more
>    sane levels of several decades before the IP lobby took over IP law.
>
> I would agree, you said "copyright" instead of "IP".


After x number of years the total income from quite
literally ALL copyrighted materials has reached 90%
of as much as the various predictive equations such
as linear regression, etc., say will be made in 100
years or so. . .obviously a declining curve as year
by year calcuations go by for remaining profits.

However, this has NOTHING to do with WIPO profiting
forever on their ideal of PERMANENT COPYRIGHT!!!

Since WIPO and the MBA mentality now run the world,
it is obvious that only the immediate bottom lines,
for the next few years, will ever count, and, none,
absolutely none, of them will ever consider what an
alternate civilization based on wider knowledge but
shorter copyright would achieve.

When it comes down to it, the question is this!!!

Why is is more important for the world to have some
kind of ultrasonce or supersonic toaster, than have
the best selling books of the previous generation.

Does J.K. Rowling, rags to riches as she may be, do
any better at living or working with other billions
that would come in with longer copyrights???

As for those who are NOT best sellers, their books,
movies, articles, music, etc., won't make them more
profits 20 years down the road at all, and they are
going to GAIN rather than LOSE in total wealth as a
world now CAN have ALL the public domain.

And THAT, my friends, is the REAL reason. . . .

THEY know WE can OWN all the public domain as being
owners of "personal computers" makes it possible to
be owners of "personal libraries. . . ."

Think about it. . .please. . . .


The Two Wolves Inside Each of Us


One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle
that goes on inside people. He said, 'My son, The battle is
between two 'wolves' inside us all.

`One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, Inferiority,
lies, false pride, superiority and ego.

`The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity 
,humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth,

compassion and faith.'

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather:


'Which wolf wins?'


The old Cherokee simply replied:


'The one you feed.'




Michael