Framing web pages

[Oren Beck]

On 3/29/07, Bradley Hook <bhook at kssb.net> wrote:

> While the consumer has a responsibility to acquire and use content in a
> legal and legitimate manner, the content creator has a responsibility to
> the consumer. I have no problem paying an author/artist a fair fee for
> their creation or performance. I do have a problem with that
> author/artist expecting to rake in ridiculous royalties for the next 70
> years based on the 6 months it took to produce something, and on every
> single copy created even when the consumer is footing the bill for
> reproduction.
>
> It's the same thing with software. I have no problem paying someone an
> hourly wage to code a project for me. I have no problem paying them more
> money to come out and spend time fixing code or adding a new feature for
> me. I do have a problem with paying a company a yearly license fee to
> have the right to continue using software which I (and millions of
> others) have already paid for 3 or 4 times.
>
> Copyright and IP laws in the US have developed into an absurd mess of
> legal bullshit that is hurting our intellectual growth. So if you are
> going to dive into the ethics of this stuff, make sure you consider both
> angles:
>
> Ethical responsibility of consumers to content creators.
> Ethical responsibility of content creators to the general public.
>
> You can't have one without the other, else you create an unsustainable
> system.
>
> ~Bradley
> _______________________________________________

VERY good points!
And just the sort of constructive comments this issue demands.
I hold with the "reasonable time" concept of ROYALTY payment