Blog post about copyright and Star Wars. (via: clubjade.net)
http://blog.cgpgrey.com/copyright-forever-less-one-day/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4&feature=player_embedded
*Spoiler - Final Thought*
But, imagine for a moment, if copyright still worked as first intended.
In 2011 the whole of the original Star Wars trilogy – all of its artwork, its characters, its music – would have left copyright protection and been available to aspiring directors and writers to build upon and make their own versions of.
There would be a treasure trove of new Star Wars stories for fans to enjoy.
But as long as the current copyright laws remain as they are, no living person will ever get to tell a Darth Vader story, or a Harry Potter Story, or a Hobbit Story or any other story that matters to them, that the author or, when after their death, their company, disagrees with.