[LINK] Some Copyrights Should Be Perpetual

[Deus Ex Machina]

Craig Sanders [cas at taz.net.au] wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:06:30PM +1000, brendansweb at optusnet.com.au wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:24:02AM +1000, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Some Copyrights Should Be Perpetual
> > > > http://weblog.ipcentral.info/archives/2005/09/some_copyrights.html
> >
> > In essence the argument is that copyright should be perpetual so that
> > economic activity can be surpressed in the future.
> >
> > I guess if you're anti-growth you'd be all for this.
> 
> you never know. Vic is strangely inconsistent when it comes to
> copyrights and patents. normally, he's rabidly ultra-capitalist
> and vehemently against any kind of government regulation or market
> intervention, but when it comes to copyrights etc he completely supports
> socialist intervention in the marketplace - and, in fact, wants even
> more of it than currently exists.
> 
> strange.

no not really. just shows you havnt been paying attention. why does that
not surprise me, maybe its just never talked about in chomsky or
chairman maos little red book.

society doesnt prosper untill people start getting ahead which means
that government must provide as many forms as possible of property.

Vic