# IP and copyright. What is your view? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-and-copyright-what-is-your-view/634016 "2012-09-07T17:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-and-copyright-what-is-your-view/634016/201 "2013-01-16T07:31:43Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Updated [unit sales](http://gloriousnoise.com/2013/album-sales-over-the-years-2012-year-end-soundscan-data) through the end of 2012. > > Sorry for the zombie, etv28. > [@Ibanez](#): > > Telling. > > So, keep on stealing folks. > > I’m sure artists love that your just “sharing” their work. > > Buncha dead beats. I don’t pirate music, but I haven’t bought music in years. In large part because of anti-copyright fanatics like the RIAA turning me off on feeding any money into the music industry, and because I don’t want a CD with some “copy protection” malware damaging my computer. I’ll just keep listening to what I bought years ago. As far as the poll goes; I don’t have IP, I don’t support present copyright law, but I do think some kind of copyright law is needed; I just want it reformed. So I don’t know where I’d fit. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-and-copyright-what-is-your-view/634016/202 "2013-01-16T13:05:10Z")
I think the current copyright terms are way too long. 50 years from the date of first publication is plenty IMO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-and-copyright-what-is-your-view/634016.md?page=10)