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The Commons Lose Big: Eldred v. Ashcroft
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:45:45 GMT
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http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/
So now everything belongs to huge, multinational corporations -- possibly
forever.
Too bad Robert Louis Stevenson did not live to see a day when he could have
prevented an abomination like Disney's "Treasure Planet." Funny how a
corporate entity hell-bent on destroying the commons enjoys profiting from
it so much: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast,
Pocahontas, etc. Yes -- no laws were, are, or ever will be broken. It's the
"Golden Rule": he who has the gold makes the rules. Teach it to your
children when you buy them Disney stuff. How everything belongs to Disney
now because the rest of us didn't know how to take care of the commons on
our own. [And yes, I realize that anyone could also use the same "public
domain" sources for their own purposes -- the point is that it would put one
in direct competition with one of the largest corporations on the planet.
Think about it.]
"The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,
which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in
the streets, and to steal bread. " -- Anatole France
Pass it on...this could and should be only the beginning, rather than the
end, of the fight. Like a national forest -- some properties belong to
everyone and are not to be set aside for the exploitation and personal gain
of the very few.
-- Hop-Frog
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