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JackSpratts · 27-06-06, 09:21 AM

hi quartz! welcome to the forums.

i'm not as set in my ways when it comes to dissuading folks of sharing copyrighted materials, mainly because copyrights now last so long they steal culture from future users, or at least lock it up indefinitely. disney preventing a grieving parent from using the 87 year old winnie the pooh in a memorial to a passed child is only the most recent unfortunate example. winnie was in fact a very real bear. he literally started his public life in the public domain as a gift to the london zoo, but the public use of his identity has since been stolen by disney. how's that for bold-faced hypocrisy? we're in complete agreement on network independence i'm happy to say, and should never stand for interference. thanks for posting.

- js.

27-06-06, 09:21 AM	#14
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,018	hi quartz! welcome to the forums. i'm not as set in my ways when it comes to dissuading folks of sharing copyrighted materials, mainly because copyrights now last so long they steal culture from future users, or at least lock it up indefinitely. disney preventing a grieving parent from using the 87 year old winnie the pooh in a memorial to a passed child is only the most recent unfortunate example. winnie was in fact a very real bear. he literally started his public life in the public domain as a gift to the london zoo, but the public use of his identity has since been stolen by disney. how's that for bold-faced hypocrisy? we're in complete agreement on network independence i'm happy to say, and should never stand for interference. thanks for posting. - js.