On 20140518_2131-0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 5/18/2014 6:39 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA512 > > > >On 05/18/2014 05:49 PM, Tom H wrote: > > > >>You seem to have an issue with copyrights, and are venting about DRM > >>because it enables copyright holders. > > > >DRM doesn't just "enable copyright holders". > > > >Copyright law restricts what people are allowed to do. > > > >DRM restricts what people are *able* to do. > > > >When the copyright on something expires (not that that ever happens > >nowadays), it enters the public domain, and people are allowed to copy > >and redistribute it as much as they care to. This is, in fact, the goal > >and the purpose of copyright, at least in USA law. > > > > Copyrights last a long time, depending on the laws of the country > under which the item is copyrighted. But typically it is either 75 > years from the original copyright, or 75 years after the death of the > owner (author) of the copyrighted material. Both are much longer > than the Internet has existed. > > >If the copyright on something restricted by DRM were to expire, and the > >DRM were still effective (or if breaking it were forbidden, e.g. by > >anti-circumvention laws), then although people would be *allowed* to > >copy and redistribute it at will, they would still not be *able* to do > >so, without permission from whoever controls the DRM - which would, > >likely, be the former holder of the copyright. > > > >There's more, but that should do as a first point. Objections to DRM go > >far beyond just objections to copyright. > > > > Please show an example where that has occurred.
Please show an example of a digital recording that was copyrighted 75 yrs ago. It is a silly request, I know. But no less silly than yours. > > Jerry -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140519014736.gb27...@big.lan.gnu
