Comment Give them what they want, just a short time (Score 1) 473
I think they (RIAA) should have their draconian utopia. However the range / length of copyright should only hold for 5-10 years maximum retroactively. Why should the song "happy birthday" still be raking in money when patents only range about 20 years and cost a fortune to maintain. Public domain exists for a reason, otherwise you have lock-in on all ideas.
They can take a long walk of a short pier.