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Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus



That's a good point. The USSC will need to give congress some serious hints 
about what's reasonable times.

On 29 May 2002 at 21:39, D. C. Sessions wrote:

Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
From:           	"D. C. Sessions" <dcs@lumbercartel.com>
To:             	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Date sent:      	29 May 2002 21:39:31 -0700
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> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 03:48, someone somewhere wrote:
> > >From: "Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org>
> > >Reply-To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > >To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > >Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
> > >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:05:25 -0700
> > >
> > >Somwhere between 28 and
> > >50 yrs seems to be a good one.
> > >
> > I disagree, one of the arguments in eldred is that congress is not allowed to
> > set lenghty terms if that is only good for some categories of works,  Most
> > works don't need 28-50 years...
> 
> There's a lot of precedent for leaving the details to Congress
> as long as they don't go outside of some very fuzzy lines that
> the Court applies only in case of egregious violation.
> 
> If the Court smacks down the 95-year (or 120+ for individuals)
> present term, Congress has to go back and debate the matter.
> Getting smacked down again for 90 years will be a Bad Idea,
> since (a) it's likely that the end of that road would be shorter
> than what the Court would go for if Congress just set it to
> a halfway-reasonable 50 or whatever, and (b) every trip
> through the Hallowed Halls of Congress makes more press on
> how Disney is buying (Congress to get) Winnie the Pooh.
> 
> -- 
> | May I have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, |
> |  the strength to change the things I cannot accept, and the   |
> |    cunning to hide the bodies of those who got in my way.     |
> +------------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> -----------+
> 
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