re: #98 Occasional Reader

And of course, even if their denied a profit for doing so, pharma companies will continue pouring money into research, and musicians and artists will continue to produce, all in the name of selfless interest in the betterment of humanity. Kind of like on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Star Trek my ass. I will recount a little story. My “step daughter’s” ex-boyfriend is totally against copyrights that last at least the life span of the author. He thinks, oh, 15 years is good enough and then it should be public domain for ever.

I sat down with him and had a copy of the book “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” and a copy of my published play, based on the book, and I told him…

“I am good friends with the woman who wrote this book. She is 78 years old, and every time my play is put on, she get a little money from the production. So do I. And when she dies, her family (estate) will continue to get that money from me. And you girlfriend there, when I’m dead, will probably have part of the rights to this play, and the money that it generates. If you are still around 20 years from now and you DARE to give this work away in any sort of way, I’ll come back from the dead and break your neck”

That’s how I solved the intellectual property dispute.