http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2009/08/07/tom-bell-thinks-%c2%a9-extensions-are-mickey-mouse/ Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:30:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2009/08/07/tom-bell-thinks-%c2%a9-extensions-are-mickey-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Taking Shakespeare to court — Struts and Frets: Kris Joseph Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:50:18 +0000 http://www.thepublicdomain.org/?p=1035#comment-579 [...] for individuals and 95 years for corporations; and once 95 years is up, Disney will ask Congress to have it extended to again, and so [...] [...] for individuals and 95 years for corporations; and once 95 years is up, Disney will ask Congress to have it extended to again, and so [...]

]]> http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2009/08/07/tom-bell-thinks-%c2%a9-extensions-are-mickey-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-426 James Boyle Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:53:11 +0000 http://www.thepublicdomain.org/?p=1035#comment-426 No, I think it was a really useful graph. There's a constant war between clarity and completeness. I am very much aware of it since I am now writing a comic book about the history of musical borrowing and what it tells us about norms, law, markets and technology.... That turns out to be a somewhat complex topic. We all aspire to this http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/minardmap.jpg Tufte called it "the best graphic ever" -- but personally I've never come close. No, I think it was a really useful graph. There’s a constant war between clarity and completeness. I am very much aware of it since I am now writing a comic book about the history of musical borrowing and what it tells us about norms, law, markets and technology…. That turns out to be a somewhat complex topic.
We all aspire to this
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/minardmap.jpg
Tufte called it “the best graphic ever” — but personally I’ve never come close.

]]> http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2009/08/07/tom-bell-thinks-%c2%a9-extensions-are-mickey-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Tom W. Bell Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:48:39 +0000 http://www.thepublicdomain.org/?p=1035#comment-425 Excellent points, both, Jamie! I wholly agree that the graph underestimates the growth in the duration of copyrights in actual practice. I originally pondering trying to illustrate the renewal term, too, but decided it would have unduly complicated the graph. It would prove wonderfully evocative, though, if I could somehow quantify and trace with a single line the effective median copyright term per copyrightable work over time. That would, I think, capture both of the effects you describe. Excellent points, both, Jamie! I wholly agree that the graph underestimates the growth in the duration of copyrights in actual practice. I originally pondering trying to illustrate the renewal term, too, but decided it would have unduly complicated the graph. It would prove wonderfully evocative, though, if I could somehow quantify and trace with a single line the effective median copyright term per copyrightable work over time. That would, I think, capture both of the effects you describe.

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