Semi-OT: Congress about to limit artists' copyright rights

[Billy Crook]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> So.... who do you propose that this will help?

Anyone who wants to make a work and distribute it whether or not for profit.

> What will be he benefit of this as you see it?

Clarity of what is and is not going to get you sued.  Peace of mind
that you're safe to make and distribute something.

> This seems to mean that developers will have to pay to create open
> source software.

No.  They will have the option of paying if they want to sue people
for damages resultant of infringing.  If they make money on their
software themselves, they can afford to register it.  If they do not,
there aren't any damages from someone else making money.