Friday, January 22, 2010

Conan Doyle's descendants are bastards

I'm not saying that the great grandchildren of Arthur Conan Doyle's parents weren't married. What I am saying is that it's ridiculous that a character 123 years old is still copyrighted.

What the hell? If I can't legally make my own books, plays or TV shows featuring stories written over 120 years ago, the system is broken. I already thought it was broken, but it's totally screwed up.

Thanks, Disney (and the fat, lazy grandchildren of Edgar Rice Burroughs). Thanks for not creating anything new and making lots of money by turning the Founders' ideas of copyright inside out.

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