30 May
2008
30 May
'08
11:35 p.m.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Billy Crook [email protected] wrote:
Wrong. Once this bill is passed, you will be able to safely derive from the works of others without wondering if they indended it to be "public domain" or if they wanted to control it. No more confusion, just type it's UPC/product name/fccid, hit enter, and know.
I'd like to know if the copyright was renewed on the Busby Berkely film I watched last week, it was made in 1933. If it wasn't, its public domain and I can do whatever I want with a 20-year-old Ginger Rogers singing in pig latin, and publicly.
Allowing private companies to compete with this business that the library of congress has a monopoly on and aren't using all the latest technology? Sounds good to me.