Will we see another copyright extension in 2018?

[Antonio the Sixth]

"Intellectual property" is a horrible concept that needs to die.

[Antonio the Sixth]

"Intellectual property" is a horrible concept that needs to die.

An opinion generally professed by those whose ideas don't warrant copyrighting.

Yes, I'm generally in support of the interest of those who don't own capital (whether physical or cultural) over those who do. That's socialism for you.

[Antonio the Sixth]

"Intellectual property" is a horrible concept that needs to die.

An opinion generally professed by those whose ideas don't warrant copyrighting.

Yes, I'm generally in support of the interest of those who don't own capital (whether physical or cultural) over those who do. That's socialism for you.

Stephen Foster and several other nineteenth-century musical figures died in penury because of their lack of any legal entitlement to make money from their own work. Framing actual writers and artists (as opposed to the vultures at Disney or Viacom) as capitalists for purposes of this issue strikes me as a serious mistake.

1. Well that sure is a necropost.

2. You know full well that I'm not in favor of anyone living in poverty, artist or not, so it should be obvious that financial compensation wasn't what I was talking about.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Thank goodness there doesn't seem to be any appetite in Congress for another extension. Rare W for the deadlocked dysfunctional state of American politics, I guess.