Re: [d@DCC] Re: [Fwd: [archivists] Public Comments for Orphan Works]

From: "Wallace J.McLean" <ag737 _-at-_ freenet.carleton.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Cc: Beatrice Murch <beatrice -_at_- archive.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:15:01 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Frey <cdfrey@netdirect.ca>
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:53 pm
Subject: [d@DCC] Re: [Fwd: [archivists] Public Comments for Orphan 
Works]

> I believe this is too much cost for too little gain.  I also think 
> it is
> unwise to force bureaucracy on creators in order to get the same 
> protectionthat someone more fond of paperwork can receive.

There's a maxim in copyright-land, "if it's worth copying, it's worth 
protecting".

I'm more and more inclined to think it should come with a 
corollary, "if it's worth protecting for the fullest term and to the 
fullest extent of the law, it's worth registering."



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