Re: [dvd-discuss] Specific ironies of the CTEA

[Joshua Stratton <cpt(at)gryphon.auspice.net>]

Well, actually the pre-1976 term was 28 years, with a 28 year optional 
extension.

'Course, I'm more in favor of 20, with 5 for software.

28 would be an improvement at least, and there's no sense in preemptively 
compromising with an initial push for 50.


On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Michael A Rolenz wrote:

> "You do know Elvis is dead don't you"
> "No. He's not. He just went home"
> >From MIB.
> 
> How about  "Fifty is Nifty"
> 
> The problem with 28 is that it hasn't been 28 yrs in nearly a century but 
> it has been 50 yrs. 
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> "John Zulauf" <johnzu@ia.nsc.com>
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> 12/10/2002 10:41 AM
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> "Ballowe, Charles" wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:16 PM
> > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Specific ironies of the CTEA
> > 
> > > Hey...here's another funny thing that could happen...suppose an
> > > author disappears and is declared dead after 7(?) years. His estate
> > > sells of all his belongings, gives them away or whatever and 
> distributes
> > > his assets to heirs. Then the author shows up (Not implausible. 
> Bierced
> > > disappeared. Traven of Treasure of the Sierre Madre reclused to 
> Mexico).
> > > Who owns the copyright? Copyright is a FEDERAL right. Being declared
> > > dead is a state or local one.
> > 
> > What about cryogenics? An author is frozen and NEVER declared dead.
> 
> Copyright terms at 70 plus the "last Elvis sighting" anyone?
> 
> "Forever minus ..." doesn't work, "Life plus" is hopeless.
> 
> How's this for a "sound byte" --
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> Fix Copyright. 
> 
> (both in the sense of restoring it's broken balance, and fix (as in
> limit to a specific amount) the term.
> 
> Fix Copyright 28. 
> 
> three words, historically meaningful, captures the essence.
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> .002
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