Comment Re:why on earth (Score 1) 327
Meanwhile, Slashdot editors drool over... a stupid studio fight, among other things.
yes, the fight between two movie studios over the title of a movie is trivial and frivolous, but this story is a good example of how ridiculous copyright law has become. it would be extremely hard in this case to argue that copyright law is being used to provide incentive for other authors to create. mgm is doing nothing but trying to protect their own assets, and that's a stretch, as i don't see how austin powers is a threat to james bond. the point of the article is that copyright has been taken over and used as a tool to protect studios and not artists as it was intended. unfortunately, the course copyright law is headed on is not trivial and frivolous, and that's why this story is important.
yes, the fight between two movie studios over the title of a movie is trivial and frivolous, but this story is a good example of how ridiculous copyright law has become. it would be extremely hard in this case to argue that copyright law is being used to provide incentive for other authors to create. mgm is doing nothing but trying to protect their own assets, and that's a stretch, as i don't see how austin powers is a threat to james bond. the point of the article is that copyright has been taken over and used as a tool to protect studios and not artists as it was intended. unfortunately, the course copyright law is headed on is not trivial and frivolous, and that's why this story is important.
