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For those who don't know, there are a number of Creative Commons licences that copyright owners can apply to avoid this problem, including specifically the founders' copyright which has work enter the public domain 14yrs after it's created. Some publishers, including O'Reilly, use it. http://creativecommons.org/projects/founderscopyright/ I'm not sure if the forthcoming English & Welsh jurisdiction version of the Creative Commons Licences supports it. Dylan Harris ---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: Re: Copyright killing culture? Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:34:34 +0100 From: Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Ah yes, we went through something similar here with a documentary on Mapplethorpe when they organized an exhibit, useless to say we couldn't (economically) have it. Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome The aim of the poet is to awaken emotions in the soul, not to gather admirers. Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Joyce" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: Copyright killing culture? > Disquieting: > > > How copyright could be killing culture: The high cost of getting > > permission to use archival footage and photos threatens to put makers > > of documentaries out of business > > > > http://tinyurl.com/52nut > > > > "The owners of the libraries, which are now increasingly under > > corporate consolidation, see this as a ready source of income," Else > > says. "It has turned our history into a commodity. They might as well > > be selling underwear or gasoline." > > Best, > > T -- This mailbox uses greylisting, a technique to impose makework on spammers. If messages sent here bounce, please resend them after at least 5 minutes. dylanharris.org