Re: Uploading PDFs of railroad modeling magazines (scans) - inappropriate?

Dan Merkel wrote:

While I'm guessing that most copyright law is of a "One Size Fits All" nature, it would seem that there are different situations that might apply. In the case of a book that is out of print, is it "right" the owner of that book not reprint it thus making its value greater? I don't know. But I'm much less concerned about making (illegal) copies of something I can't buy any more.

For a long time I've wondered about the disparity in length between rights given to inventors (patents) and authors/artists/composers (copyright). Why should an author get a lifetime plus whatever years protection for their creation while an inventor gets a mere 20 years of exclusive control of their creation. Something is unbalanced there.
As for your comment about reproducing something which is no longer on the market, I've seen people try to use that to justify copying old software games, like Wizardry or Ultima. Thankfully, some of the game companies have allowed this at sites like The Underdogs.

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