It would not be a pretty sight if we were to abolish the copyright
law...especially for the one who has the copyright. If the copyright law
were to be removed then the 'rightee' would have no real claim to his work.
The fact that the 'rightee' knows that it was he who did the work in the
first place provides some solace, but not a lot. The problem of royalties
arises (pardon me for my present-day capitalistic views), and the 'rightee'
stands the risk of not being acknowledged for his work. If it doesn't
belong to the *creator* of the work, who does it belong to? Society? I'm
sorry, but that sounds pretty socialist to me --no offense to socialists of
course. The copyright law ensures the security of the individual(s) who
created something.
Frankly, I don't see anything wrong with that.
E. Shaun Russell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Yes it was for me, not you
That I came to write this song"
--Neal Peart (Rush)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------