* <<F4I.0780>> I am a [writer || artist || software developer || recording artist || songwriter]; I create intellectual property. Copyright laws protect me from having my labor exploited by publishers without my consent and without compensation. Copyright also protects my patrons; those who invest in my labor have their investment protected by copyright. Copyright protects my livelihood. I value copyright. I also value culture. Cultures are defined by their art and their technology. Intellectual property is culture. Media publishers are constantly lobbying to extend copyright terms. They want perpetual, exclusive ownership of intellectual property --of CULTURE --and they want to control the ways in which people are able to experience or utilize culture. They are not interested in the protection of creators. They are not merely interested in the protection of their investments. They are interested only in money. -- Excerpted from: PUBLIC NOTES (F) http://alph.laemeur.com/txt/PUBNOTES-F ©2015 Adam C. Moore (LÆMEUR) <adam@laemeur.com>