I just listened to this fascinating and balanced documentary on copyright. It gives
the history of the concept: when it was adopted in Great Britain to encourage
creativity, through the reluctant inclusion by the fathers of the new United States
of America to encourage the immigration of inventors to benefit the union; and the
broadening and lengthening of laws that enabled Disney, which built its empire on
old free-market stories, to now own all royalties on icons like Mickey into the mid
2020's. It gives a balanced look at the current state of policy in the U.S. and
Canada and the more-or-less sudden implication of individuals as opposed to
corporations.
...a must-hear for anyone involved in Copyright....which, really, is everyone!
While you listen it's a great time to catch up on your drawing, knitting or
solitaire! Put your feet up :)
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/who-owns-ideas/index.html
Regards,
Cindy Kilpatrick
"Magic means 'to change'. Reading 'changes' lives. Reading is Magic!"
Library
Swan Hills School
Mail Bag 1200
Swan Hills, AB Canada T0G 2C0
Ph. (780)333-4471 Ext. 6040
Fax (780) 333-2013
e-mail ckilpatrick@phrd.ab.ca
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