[SoothingDave]

I, for one, would welcome a radical reform of copyright law, restricting copyrights to nontransferable individual rights.

What good is property if you have no right to transfer it? If I invent something and GM wants to buy my idea damn straight I better be able to "transfer" my copyright (aka intellectual property).

SD

[Willie Green]

What good is property if you have no right to transfer it?

Well, I suppose there's some validity to that, so I'll make a compromise.
Individuals can transfer their rights to an artificial entity, but then the time period for which the "right" exists is automaticly cut by 50%. If the individual wishes to retain the full time frame for his/her exclusive right, he/she may simply license the right to an artificial corporate entity without actually selling the "right".

Fair enough?