Journal Anonymous McCartneyf's Journal: The problem with music copyrights... 1
I watched a BBC-produced special on the Beatles' touring years last night. One aspect of it was spooky: there was film footage of the Fab Four in concert; I could even hear Beatles speak; but there was no Beatles music--only classical music. I got serious cognitive dissonance hearing classical music over Beatles concert footage.
I think I'll make an amendment to my copyright reform plans. Books and films should get 28 years with registration plus 28 with renewal. (No registration should mean public domain.) Music, being a more fragile medium, should only get 14+14.
(And software should get 7+7. At most.)
I think I'll make an amendment to my copyright reform plans. Books and films should get 28 years with registration plus 28 with renewal. (No registration should mean public domain.) Music, being a more fragile medium, should only get 14+14.
(And software should get 7+7. At most.)
How would you treat closed-source material? (Score:1)
Particularly computer software but also certain complex music which is hard to transcribe?
Would this source code or original music score be treated as a trade secret, similar to the recipe for Coca-Cola?
What if the binaries were also treated as a trade secret. High-end business software that sells only a few hundred copies in its lifetime could easily be protected by non-disclosure agreements, which could qualify it for trade-secret protection.