Mike McCarty wrote: > Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> BTW, where in the Constitution of these USA does it state that Copyright >>> must be limited? >> >> Well, this is getting WAY off topic, but... >> >> Article I, Section 8. >> >> The actual language in the constitution states that "The Congress shall >> have the power to ... promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, >> by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive >> Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" >> Note the word "limited." > > Yes, that is an adjective modifying the noun "Times", not "exclusive > Right". Are you saying that Bono argued for making copyright eternal? > Do you have a cite?
Sure. Look at "Steamboat Willy". Compare the original copyright date and limit to it's current copyright date and limit. Under the copyright laws of it's era, Steamboat Willy would have had a snowball's chance in hell of staying under copyright past World War II. Now the soonest it can go into public domain is next decade...90+ years after being initially copyrighted, and longer than the copyright terms that the US revolted from. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
