04-05-2010, 09:07 AM
(04-05-2010, 02:33 AM)billy Wrote: why o why they can't just lessen the the copyright time of a book to ten years after it was written is beyond me.Big intellectual property conglomerates are fighting it tooth and nail, that's why. Considering that they were able to extend their copyright claims for this long, they probably plan to do it ad infinitum. They've got the money, so they have a stranglehold.
I resent what google's doing in the guise of "sharing media", when in fact they're aiming to monopolize it (authors being cornered to sign with them? Freedom to alter and edit books? And they want people to use this as a RESOURCE for literature?). They're just as bad.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?