Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 03, 2012
January 27, 2012
February 10, 2012
Transcript:
god-man the superhero with omnipotent powers! this week: "copyright & copywrong" god-man is preventing the holocaust of 27 billion glexitians at the hands of mekxarxt galaxy marauders, when- god-man: trouble on earth! he speeds across the cosmos to earth- god-man: that's the building! first, i'll rip these out! and now, quickly! i'll prevent the deed, just in time! caught you, evil-doer! guy: how is downloading "lady and the tramp" evil?! god-man: it was unauthorized, so that's stealing, you fiend! humans: our building! my home! man: stealing what?! when disney made the movie, they expected it to be in the public domain, today! the law changed! twice! god-man: so that's theft, lawbreaker! now, i'm off -- a bureaucrat in poland just changed a copyright term, so evil is rampant!
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This is a straw manThe law is an ass but its still the lawCorporations have to enforce copyright or lose it, but are accused of being thugs when they do.Is the term to long? Of course, it’s insanely long, but changing the term to 5 years wouldn’t stop people from warezing brand new movies, songs and video games. The only copyrighted work that I can think of that should be out of copyright is “Time Fades Away” by Neil Young, released in 1973, long out of print.