On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 10:08:59PM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> Some copyrights never expire.  For example, my understanding is that the
> UK "crown copyright" (a copyright owned by the government) is perpetual.  
> The US follows almost exactly the opposite rule, where works by or for the
> government are in the public domain.
> 

Industry held copyrights in the US never expire either. Every time our
oldest copyrights near expiration, congress extends the length of copyright
by another few years. 

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Brian Ristuccia
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