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Originally posted by Macheath
[B]Why is a whole country with a GDP of $186 billion and a population of 7,394,170 easier to let go of than a cartoon mouse?
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Because Hong Kong had a country with a rather large army that wanted it back.
But seriously, I agree, the copyright law situation is silly. O'Reilly books and a few others have declared "founder's copyrights" on their books, although since they sell technical books it seems like a bit of a publicity stunt for them. (A 14-year old Linux book is hardly going have a lot of value.
) I applaud the idea of copyright rollback, but it still doesn't justify theft.
What I hope is that the copyright law becomes so annoying that people actually start making their own music again, in small groups. We are such a consumer culture. We don't dare sing, dance, or make art ourselves, that's for the artist! Personally, I would love to go to a bar and stand around a piano singing drinking songs, but I don't know anywhere around here that would let me.