Re: SV: Knight and Public Domain

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Krentz" <ddkrentz@charter.net>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 6:49 AM

> "No one wants to rip off his heirs but profiting from
> something you didn't help create 70 plus years after
> the death of he who did create it is ridiculously
> excessive. Ten years would be reasonable. "
>
>   Whoa, I don't know where to begin with that one.  That is how  artists 
> make money.

By living off the work of their grandparents?

I think the idea is 10 years after the creator's death, not 10 years after 
creation.

In any case, what I don't understand is why scientific articles are subject 
to the same copyright laws as works of art. How many people have ever paid 
30 to 40 $ for an article? If they can't find a pdf for free, people go to 
their university library and take a photocopy for free (that is, none of the 
money left in the machine goes to the publisher... let alone to the author 
who paid the page charges and/or the 900 $ per color figure out of their 
grant).