Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus

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ABSOLUTELY!

JackBoots would have us all believe that the Public Domain is what those poor 
miserable people get for not being smart enough to pervert the thought and 
minds of people to not understand the corruption in the system

<Come and see the violence in the system..help help I'm being repressed?

On 2 Jun 2002 at 1:29, Tom wrote:

Date sent:      	Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:29:18 +0200
From:           	Tom <tom@lemuria.org>
To:             	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
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> On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 06:52:27PM -0400, Scott A Crosby wrote:
> > Yes, some works and authors only make it big after 30-40 years. So what?
> > 
> > If a work is popular that far in the future, its essentially a windfall
> > that the author could not have planned for nor expected when he/she/they
> > origionally created the work. 
> 
> moreover, who says that the public domain status means the author
> doesn't get his share? he may go on tour (yes, even book authors
> sometimes go around on reading sessions) or get interviews, op-ed
> pieces, all kinds of offers. not to mention that his OTHER works will
> likely see more sales, too.
> 
> equating public domain with starving authors is just another of Jack's
> propaganda tricks. please don't fall for it.
> 
> 
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