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Re: Thinking about putting together a grant to support development on Li
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Thinking about putting together a grant to support development on LilyPond |
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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:41:48 +0100 |
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"Chris Crossen" <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>>> Every publishing company will entertain a zombie house where some
>>> parts of composers/writers are kept legally alive for the sake of
>>> copyright extensions.
>>
>> In the US the primary driver of copyright extension ad infinitum has been
>> Disney. When they bump up towards the 7- year limit after disney's death
>> they will just buy enough votes in Congress to extent the copyright to 140
>> years. It'll cost them a few million dollars but that's a lot cheaper in
>> the long run than running a zombie house. ;-)
>
> I don't know. As technology becomes cheaper and politicians become
> more expensive, we may reach a tipping point where zombie houses
> prevail.
You could combine both. The UK already has a House of Lords.
--
David Kastrup
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