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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 05:06 PM

Kelvin Mace (17,469 posts)

39. Agreed

We need sensible copyright law:

25 years, with an option to renew for five years up to five times.

1st renewal costs 10% of all revenue generated from copyright in the previous 5 years.
2nd renewal costs 20% of all revenue generated from copyright in the previous 5 years.
3rd renewal costs 30% of all revenue generated from copyright in the previous 5 years.
4th renewal costs 40% of all revenue generated from copyright in the previous 5 years.
5th renewal costs 50% of all revenue generated from copyright in the previous 5 years.

After 50 years, the copyright expires and the work goes into the public domain.

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57 replies	Author	Time	Post
Not everything you buy is actually yours to keep.-Amazon blocks videos already bought by customers. [View all]	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	OP
I hope a lawsuit can come from this.	Vashta Nerada	Dec 2013	#1
As I keep explaining to people	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2013	#4
If I spend $14.99 for a downloaded video, it better damn well be there tomorrow or 50 years from now	Vashta Nerada	Dec 2013	#14
I had read of a woman whose books were deleted from her cloud.	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	#19
Seriously..	sendero	Dec 2013	#36
But, but, but if your house burns down, you'll still have your movies!	arcane1	Dec 2013	#54
Consumers only have rights when they exercise them	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2013	#38
Amazon deleted 8 minutes from the series finale of The Office after I purchased it	Shampoobra	Dec 2013	#41
I am shocked by your experience	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	#46
I think the trick is to just use the digital content as a compliment to a physical collection	Shampoobra	Dec 2013	#47
You are one of the few people I have heard say that here.	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	#22
Agreed	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2013	#39
I don't care to slog through Amazon's terms of use, but...	Orrex	Dec 2013	#32
if you can watch it on your computer you can make a copy of it. end of story. nt	msongs	Dec 2013	#2
Except that some courts have interpreted that to violate	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2013	#5
There is almost no way to enforce those provisions of the DMCA	al bupp	Dec 2013	#16
Exactly. No way I'm going to prison...	seattledo	Dec 2013	#57
This is truly outrageous	Sanity Claws	Dec 2013	#3
if you buy something, then give someone else exclusive possession of it...	mike_c	Dec 2013	#6
I guess the pulling	sharp_stick	Dec 2013	#7
of course it was	Egnever	Dec 2013	#23
Note: what Amazon says in that article, and what customers say	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	#24
The cloud concept is just fine for many things. It is needing more control	Pretzel_Warrior	Dec 2013	#8
An Addendum To My Previous Reply	sharp_stick	Dec 2013	#9
Property/ownership isn't a real thing,	ZombieHorde	Dec 2013	#10
Not "influence" but power.	hunter	Dec 2013	#18
What's the difference?	ZombieHorde	Dec 2013	#26
If there's a movie I want, I buy it outright on DVD.	hobbit709	Dec 2013	#11
What is this DVD you speak of?	JCMach1	Dec 2013	#12
I won't buy stuff any other way.	loudsue	Dec 2013	#20
Same reason I buy books	hobbit709	Dec 2013	#21
CD's and DVDs are volatile... not as bad as a cassette tape, but bad over time	JCMach1	Dec 2013	#42
Everything is volatile. Something can screw up magnetic media of any type.	hobbit709	Dec 2013	#44
+1	MadrasT	Dec 2013	#15
From a website called Torrent Freak?	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#13
Heh,	progressoid	Dec 2013	#29
Despite the silly name	SwankyXomb	Dec 2013	#34
It's not a matter of a silly name - torrents are regularly used to steal copy written work nt	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#35
So is HTTP, FTP, Newsgroups, etc.	Humanist_Activist	Dec 2013	#50
Great example of needed regulation	FreeJoe	Dec 2013	#17
totally agree	Egnever	Dec 2013	#25
This is why...	FreeJoe	Dec 2013	#28
That is why the big push to streaming	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2013	#30
There's a reason it's called a "cloud." Ephemeral; impossible to grasp.	WinkyDink	Dec 2013	#31
"Regulation" is how this came to be. This is simply the corporate kleptocracy doing some	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2013	#53
That sucks. Give me a disk. Or a thumb drive. Or anything solid that doesn't require	MADem	Dec 2013	#27
Idiots. Just fucking count the online views as ratings for the Disney channel. Done.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2013	#33
Amazon has an "Unbox" player for the PC, where you can download videos you have bought	quinnox	Dec 2013	#37
Well technically, you don't own movies or music after you buy it.	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#40
This is an issue with all digital media -- including e-books, kindle, etc. You don't really "own"	El_Johns	Dec 2013	#43
My family was wondering why the old Monk series we purchased is now "expiring".	mmonk	Dec 2013	#45
But, but, but, stealing from the artists!	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2013	#48
+1.	jsr	Dec 2013	#49
I don't buy anything that I can't download onto my local computer and use, DRM-free, the...	Humanist_Activist	Dec 2013	#51
The Cloud can BITE ME!	arcane1	Dec 2013	#52
Protest the digital revolution! Buy Physical!	bobclark86	Dec 2013	#55
I tried Amazon free for a month	Politicalboi	Dec 2013	#56

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