Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus

[Ernest Miller <ernest.miller(at)aya.yale.edu>]

I think we should move away from "lifetime of the author" to some fixed 
term (preferably much shorter than present).

Jolley wrote:
> The answer for an upper limit could be in the constitution.
>   ...by securing for limited Times to Authors...
> Anything granted beyond an author's lifetime is being granted to
> someone else.
> 
> someone somewhere wrote:
> 
>>I don't think that the court will give a precise answer to what 'limited
>>times' are, since no one seems to have given them any detailed information
>>as to how they would decide that.  Plaintiffs only say, that constant
>>extending isn't limited any more, but they, nor amici say that eg. 28 or 5
>>or 10 years is limited and why eg. life expectancy, speed of distribution,
>>... . Even the economists amici, altough they say that long terms are
>>economically not right, don't say what a proper term could be.  Since
>>nothing specific has been offered, I don't think the court will just figure
>>out something by itself.  I think a chance has been missed here...
>>
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