Re:Part 2: What I find _wrong_ about it (Score 1)

Why should someone who designs or creates something not have the right to destroy it? If someone paints a picture, lots of people like it, but after time the artist decides he doesn't like it anymore (maybe because it represented something s/he now disagrees with), why can't they destroy it? If a company writes a piece of software and over time it improves and then evolves into another product, why can't they 'destroy' the old version. You mention the idea of being able to buy something long after it's heyday but so long as they don't have to pay large sums. What happens if the technology to reproduce the item no longer exists, it has been superceeded and to try and recreate the old item may sincerely cost a lot of money. Just because you decide to no longer sell something, why should you lose the copyright to the works? What happens if in the future you decide to reinstate your idea? At the end of the day, if you own the copyright, you own the item that was copyrighted. if you own the item, you can do with it what you like.