[clue-talk] The War On...?

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 08:19:52PM -0700, Sean LeBlanc wrote the following:
> On 12-29 20:55, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote:
<snip>
> > Given what I said in another post on this thread that I only recognize
> > copyright to last until the creators death, it is an accurate statement. I
> > will treat their works as being in the public domain, and if I am ever sued,
> > I know a few Libertarian lawyers who might take my case pro-bono (if I had
> > money, I'd be more then happy to pay them, though).
> 
> (IANAL and all that)
> 
> Given that:
> 
> 1. Most movies are group efforts, and the "creator" would probably
> be a corporation in this case.

In the case of a musical group, it's the lifespan of the last surviving
member of the group at the time the recording was made and who participated
in the recording. Of course the lyricist and musical composer share rights
and in this case would be considered part of the group.

> 2. Corporations never "die" (at least, not anymore).

Yeah, as soon as they declare bankruptcy, they are bought up.

> 3. Corporations have legal "personhood".
>
> For movies anyway, having the copyright expire on the creator's death will
> be effectively meaningless for movies...unless there are provisions to
> change the above, or all works have to be attributed to actual humans.

I know that, and while I hate it, I'm sure the MPAA has already thought of
this and are ecstatic about that.

This whole thing about Corporations being legal "persons" is complete
bullocks in my eyes which is one of the reasons I have yet to incorporate
(and never will) my business(es).

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