Submitted by [deleted] t3_126e6pb in todayilearned
I just disagree with this even if it is for a good cause.
Yeah, we really shouldn't have to resort to abusing copyright laws to fund essential services. That's not really the feel good story they are trying to make it out to be.
It isn’t to fund it, it’s a UK hospital so it’s funded by the NHS. It just helps build profits for additional services, research, etc.
Again, it would be nice to have all that without resorting to misusing copyright law. I'm sure there are other children's charities who would benefit from being able to perform a classic children's tale as well, as intended by copyright laws being limited in the first place.
That said, it would still certainly be a great tradition for those who can afford to donate, to continue to do so when they do use Peter Pan. I just don't like government misusing it's powers to fund things it should be properly looking after in the first place.
Thats worse.
It's literally a world-class hospital that has pioneered many treatments, including operating on a baby with spina bifida in the womb and curing a child of Leukaemia using gene edited T-cells.
The amount of good this hospital does, on a global scale, is unparalleled.
And if my profession was charities, i might agree, but its not. I deal with the long-reaching ramifications of IP on a day to day basis. The government shouldn't be carving out the public domain, regardless of how well-intentioned..All copyright should pass, without exception.
Then you should get a proper job. One that doesn't involve being a cunt.
One day one of your loved ones might need their help or benefit from their research, but you do you.
This is an emotional argument, not a logical one. If the State is so concerned with funding the hospital, they should do it with tax money, not steal from the Public Domain.
It's not stealing from the public domain, it is following the author's wish for an exceptional good cause that benefits the entire world by pioneering treatment for sick children.
Dont try and impose your every man for himself selfish culture on everyone else, it's not even your government. The rest of the world doesnt follow Republican politics and it benefits greatly from it.
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All i will say is you are dead wrong about my politics.
The author's wish does not override their duty to the public domain. Copyright is a social bargain, its not fair to break it, no matter how noble the cause. They had their copyright, its over.
I'd agree with you if this was the patent for insulin or something but it's the rights to a story about lost children. There is room in this world to maintain a little nuance and keep hold of a kind hearted tradition for a good cause. No one is going to die or starve because it's not in the public domain.
Lol "authors duty"
Copyright itself is government interfering with the rights for people to do certain things which are in themselves harmless. What IS unfair is carving out the law to benefit a specific charity.
Why ?
because I don't think infinite copyright is a good thing. If there was an infinite copyright on shakespear to fund something that would suck because shakepear couldn't be used and entwined throughout our culture the way that his work currently is.
Are You perchance trying to irritate us by intentionally mimicking Shakespeare as you creatively misspell the name into 'Shakespear'? This whole storm in a teacup with perpetual copyright exception perhaps irks you as this misspelling would to some of us.
Quite the jab.
The funny thing is Shakespeare himself even spelled it differently every time
The man (if he did exist) took quite the liberty with his spellings. Pedents left and right still fume over such whim and foppery today!
you are deflecting.
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