Duncan Bucknell

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• samtotherescue commented on EU votes tomorrow on copyright term extension: act now!
  I contacted 3 of my MEPs about this vote. Here's a brief summary of how they responded: Glenis Willmott (Labour -- Glenis is the same MP who famously called for games consoles to have some kind of "red button" that could disable objectionable content *sigh*): Supports the extension: "For reasons of equality and fairness, given the far longer period given to authors and others in the creative chain, Labour MEPs believe there is a strong case for extending the term of protection to ensure performers continue to receive the income from their work for their entire lifetime." Roger Helmer (Conservative):...
• Cyberwasteland commented on EU votes tomorrow on copyright term extension: act now!
  So Copyright is supposed to be about protecting authors. Is there any case to have copyright exist after and author is deceased? No! From that moment on there's no benefit for eater creator or consumer, just for parasites who try to abuse art. There's no reason why a work should be copyrighted after the author has died. The work should be released into Public Domain the day the person died....
• GregLondon commented on EU votes tomorrow on copyright term extension: act now!
  I'm not a huge fan of the idea that copyright terms be tied to the death of the author. Mark Twain wrote most of his books under a 42 year fixed term. Apparently that was enough incentive to get him to write. I think he did pretty well as far as income was concerned. Bounty Hunters...
• SlasherMCT commented on EU votes tomorrow on copyright term extension: act now!
  I wrote to my MEP's using the excellent service and I was amazed to get 3 favourable responses back in the same day - 2 of them within a couple of hours!...
• rammin commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  Vikings > Pirates. Therefore the swedes can do what they want....