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Originally Posted by kane
This is one that I disagree with the founding fathers on. Say you write a mind blowing piece of music that will be studied for generations to come. They can still study it, they can still perform it and it is still around to promote and progress music if it is still under copyright.
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without the public domain as defined by the founding fathers
disney would never have been able to make 5 of their 10 grossing movies of all time
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/beauty-beast.asp
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/aladdin.asp
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movi...le-mermaid.asp
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/snow-white.asp
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/mary-poppins.asp
and billions more if you include the merchandising, and spin offs (tv show, secondary movies theme parks etc)
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But let me ask you this. Would the world be a better, more artistic place if Steamboat Willie were in the public domain?
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hell yeah, disney proved it when they took public domain works (see above) and spun them into multi-billion dollar empire
Disney is preventing anyone from doing the same thing with their creations.
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Maybe they could modify it so that after a certain number of years the original creator still controls the copyright, but with less actual control. For example someone could put your book on a website for anyone to read or upload your music to a website for anyone to listen too as long as they weren't trying to sell it or make a profit off of it. This would allow anyone who wants to use these works for personal knowledge or education or even just for personal enjoyment to do so, but it would keep someone form mass publishing your book again and making money off it without you or your estate getting a fair cut.
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which of course would have stopped disney from building their empire, creating their new versions of classic children stories, and employing millions of people.
the way it was originally designed to be is the way it should be. a set limited time where you control everything commercial and then a free market so that new variations can be expressed for commercial gain.