[clue-talk] The War On...?

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 07:14:36PM -0700, Matt Gushee wrote the following:
> Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote:
> 
> >Is it? It used to be that a copyright only lasted for the life of the owner
> >(and that is the limit to which I recognize copyrights). Now they last for
> >the life of the author +75-95 years so corporations can make even MORE 
> >money.
> >That is completely unjust. When did the corporate rights mean more then the
> >rights of the author? I also have problems with estates claiming ownership
> >over works of deceased authors. Sorry, but Tolkien, Chaucer, and Asimov's
> >works are all public domain now,
> 
> Sorry, but under US law (and probably British also), Tolkien and Asimov 
> are quite a few years from entering the public domain--and that's not a 
> new development, either. There have been several revisions to copyright 
> law that progressively extended the term--I forget exactly when those 
> were enacted, but it may have been 1923, 1969, and 1997.
> 
> Now, if you said "should be," or "ethically speaking," I think I'd agree 
> with you.

Given what I said in another post on this thread that I only recognize
copyright to last until the creators death, it is an accurate statement. I
will treat their works as being in the public domain, and if I am ever sued,
I know a few Libertarian lawyers who might take my case pro-bono (if I had
money, I'd be more then happy to pay them, though).

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