Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:31:22 -0400

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM, charette@-----.org
<charette@-----.org> wrote:
> =A0I was wondering where everyone else was when I was donating funds &
> writing letters to Congress to try & keep the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term
> Extension Act" (Mickey Mouse Protection Act) from being passed.

Bono himself would seem to be an excellent example of why long
copyright terms are a bad idea. Here, evidently, is someone who
thought he should be able to collect forever from a few early
successes. How, pray tell, does this encourage the creation of new
artistic works?

--Joe
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