SV: SV: Knight and Public Domain

[Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

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Skickat: den 16 maj 2008 01:36
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Ämne: Re: SV: Knight and Public Domain

--- On Thu, 5/15/08, Tommy Tyrberg
<tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com> wrote:

> From: Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>
> Subject: SV: Knight and Public Domain
> To: mike@indexdata.com, "'jrc'" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
> Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 1:42 PM
> I completely agree that that the current copyright laws are
> absurd. One
> just has to compare with patent law to realise how
> grotesque they are.
> Now if patent laws were the same as copyright law, in most
> of the World
> the Wright Brothers' patent on aircraft would still
> have 10 years left
> on it.
> 
> Now it is not immediately obvious to me that e. g. playing
> a tune is
> intrinsically a more demanding or worthy pursuit than
> inventing the
> aeroplane. 

Uh, strongly disagree. Unlike Wright's aircraft, there is no 'greater
good' argument to justify ripping off Knight or his heirs (for example).
What, the progress of civilization requires that people be able download
a song for free?
 
So Your argument is that because an invention does humanity ?greater
good? than for example a song, that is a valid reason for rewarding the
songwriters grandchildren but not the inventors?

I must say I can?t quite follow the logic here

Tommy Tyrberg