Eric,
Thanks for the clarification. I'm glad to understand your meaning better
now.
To take a step on Bloom's ladder now, one could make an argument based on
your interpretation (not necessarily US copyright law as it has come to be
known today though) that it is aggregious for a software publisher to
incorporate any sort of copy-protection that lasts beyond a reasonable
amount of time (I gather that you'd say 7 to 14 years) because the common
good demands that law not repress benefits and advancements that will come
from the free use of such work. Would you concur?
Ken Whitcomb
> From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com>
>
> And the example you give is a very good one, although I'd say that,
> since the picture has already come under public scrutiny, I'm not sure where
> I stand on giving you (as the copyright holder) the right to censor. But
> regardless, what I'm saying is that MY interpretation is Jefferson and/or
> Madison would likely say that you should not have the right to so control
> this creation many years after the fact.
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