9 Mar
2009
9 Mar
'09
9:05 a.m.
On 8 Mar 2009 at 12:26, blstuart at bellsouth.net wrote:
After all, it did immeasurable damage to western
civilization
to have unfettered access to the intellectual property of
Shakespeare, Newton, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Babbage.
We ceratinly wouldn't want to make the same mistake with
Mickey Mouse and Excel.
Or Gershwin, Ellington, Shostakovitch, Britten, Vaughan Williams....
Oh, wait--those are all still under copyright, aren't they? Yup,
you;'re right--*nobody* even knows of much less enjoys their work
today because of that nasty copyright law.
Did you know that Handel swore off writing Italian opera because he
was widely pirated?
Better not to write the stuff if it's going to be stolen.
--Chuck