Re: Bill Gates and Tsunamis

From: Bob Casanova (nospam_at_buzz.off)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:09:00 GMT

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:17:37 GMT, the following appeared in
sci.skeptic, posted by "robert j. kolker"
<nowhere@nowhere.com>:

>> want to benefit from the effort of other individuals without
>> paying them for their work. Tell you what; since you seem to
>> have no concept of the value of work, why don't you come
>> over and cut my grass next summer; the septic tank could
>> also use a cleaning. For free, of course.
>
>In all fairness, Irving Berlin's granchildren did not write the music.
>Only the one who writes the music etc. should be collecting the
>royalties or have a copyright. Copyrights and patents should extend
>beyond the lifetime of the original creator.

Assuming you meant "shouldn't" rather than "should", I tend
to agree. None of which invalidates my post, of course. 

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