Don't tell me who did it, I want to figure out who killed Laura Palmer all on my own!

What I want to know is when the politician are going to start legislating the con-committal responsibilities that go with these so called "rights." I was taught that being granted rights meant there were a whole range of responsibilities that went with them. Let us come up with a few for Copyright. 1. If a protected work is out of active circulation (new copies promoted for sale in a currently readable format) for 10 years by any distributer who has purchased the right then the copyright returns to the author. If the author (or his heirs or assigns) is unable to offer the work for sale for an additional 10 years the work falls into the public domain. 2. Should a corporation owning copyrights outright through works for hire be guilty of any serious infraction - environmental, securities, labor, etc. - such work are forfeit to the public domain. Settlement of such charges without any admission of guilt shall not be deemed sufficient to avoid the penalty. 3. Format changes must be updated for similar platforms. If the content is electronic then the producer cannot create a new format for the sole purpose of reselling the content. Product support for older formats must be maintained. Other idea or refinements?

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Of course once copyright law has been expanded to give sole rights to broadcasters, google will own all your stuff because they are hosting it and broadcasting it to the world.

Really specious arguments are not meant to be taken seriously. Why did so many of you do so?

As someone who had an eye operation to (unsuccessfully) correct such a condition when I was 4 years old, I can assure you it can be quite debilitating. I never could use those stereographs back in Geography class. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus Educate yourself.

I felt this on the 16th floor in my apartment, At first I thought it was a couple of rhinos going at it but it lasted too long. Strongest quake I have felt here ever (~50 years.) All the same it occurred to me after a bit that it probably wasn't too wise to be standing on the balcony.

Wouldn't it be a little expensive to replace all the panels every time they get sandblasted by a windstorm?

when government is prorogued or dissolved for a general election, just like every other time. It is completely obvious that the public has no desire for these draconian measures but something must be done to appease the lobbyists. All the same once ACTA comes in Canadians will be effectively screwed.

Not having read more than the headline but having followed the copyfight with more than a passing interest, I have an idea which I haven't seen expressed anywhere. That is the biggest problem with copyright isn't anything to do with copyright per se, it is that it is a privelege granted without the compensating responsibilities that go along with it. Make it so that anything out of circulation, that is anything copywritten that cannot be purchased new at a reasonable cost in any five year window reverts the rights to the author/artist who will have a further five year period to find a new publisher/distributer or to make it available in an digital format for non-commercial use. The copyright traders should not be allowed to pick and choose what the public can use. If the industry chooses to abandon their products by not offering them for sale their exclusive rights should go along with it.