On 9/15/2011 4:43 PM, Dennis Rooney wrote:
> It's a great life, Mr. Sam, if you don't weaken.
>
> DDR
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Jim Sam<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> For the record, not everyone thinks copyrights should enter into the
>> public domain ASAP, and certainly not at the expense of human life.
>> If ARSC wishes to be taken seriously in copyright legislation, I would
>> advise more diplomatic expressions.

Of course it was the other Mr. Sam, Sam Brylawski, who commented on 
Graham's comments about the tree vs.Sonny and reminding the Canadian 
that it was his since re-married widow Mary who got the extension law 
passed in the rather devious fashion.  To answer Graham's question about 
what Sonny might have had up his sleeve, Mary is quoted as saying that 
actually Sonny was in favor of PERMANENT copyrights, so perhaps we 
should count our blessings that Mary only went after 20 years.  Maybe 
that was in honor of Sonny's short stature.

Mike (a fan of randy newman) Biel  [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Frankly, there are classical masterpieces I wish were still under
>> copyright control so I wouldn't have to hear them used to advertise
>> the most inane consumer product.  It's took me over 25 years to even
>> begin to appreciate Beethoven's 5th.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Graham Newton<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was not in Sonny Bono's district to vote him out of office. Sorry.
>>> Cary you may not have, but a fortuitously located tree eventually did us all
>>> a favor, although unfortunately, not soon enough!  Who knows what other
>>> malicious legislation he might have sponsored had he survived.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ... Graham Newton