Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:44:04PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >> 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." >> > Arguably, since corporations are legal *persons* but have a potentially > indefinite lifespan, 125 years (or life + 50 years) *is* a limited time.
I would argue that this violates the spirit of what the framers of the constitution intended given copyright lengths in England of the same era as the constitution's writing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
