An anonymous reader writes “InfoWeek blogger Alex Wolfe proposes a novel solution to the ongoing spate of RIAA lawsuits by alleged music copying. He suggests legislation which cuts back corporate copyrights from 120 years to 5 years. “We should do what we do to children who misbehave,” he writes. “Take away their privileges.” Wolfe says that is regardless of the misunderstanding surrounding the latest case, which apparently isn’t about ripping CDs to one’s own computer. As to

those who say copyrights are a right: “That’s simply a misunderstand of their

purpose. Copyrights, like patents, weren’t implemented to protect their owners in perpetuity. They are part of a dance which attempts to balance off societal benefits against incentives for writers and inventors. You want to incentivize citizens to push the state of the creative and technical arts, but you don’t want give those folks such overbearing protections that […]

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