[Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

[Cary Bass]

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On 06/30/2010 05:44 PM, WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> I shouldn't use the work "luck" however in this case, since it
> implies you didn't bring it upon yourself. How about this
> counter-offensive.  Threaten to repeal copyright to the point,
> where any holder *only* gets ten years.  That's it. Ten years to
> make your money then it's public domain.  We can call it the "Knock
> it off or else" proposal.
>
Ten years is an awfully short time[1].

[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_fame_of_Vincent_van_Gogh>

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