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[dvd-discuss] Extending The Arguments in Golan and Eldred
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- Subject: [dvd-discuss] Extending The Arguments in Golan and Eldred
- From: "Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:08:50 -0800
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The basic argument in Golan (and Eldred) v Ashcroft is that retroactive
extension of copyright does not promote progress. While neither case
claims that changing the copyright from N years from publicatons to life+M
years (M is a HUGE number) does not promote progress either, the same
basic argument applies to the works of every author that died before the
change in 1976-Also the fact that M is such a huge number AFTER the
authors death.