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Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- From: Ole Craig <olc(at)cs.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:39:20 -0400 (EDT)
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On 05/29/02 at 08:34, 'twas brillig and Michael A Rolenz scrobe:
>
> Consider this....when someone publishes any work, they are required to
> affix a notice or the work enters the public domain immediately. They must
> send the LOC a copy with a small fee and some paperwork to register it.
> And the really neat part of this is that anybody who picks up the book at
> any time can read the notice add a fixed time to it and determine when the
> copyright expires. How about that? Three things to do and one can figure
> out when things enter the public domain by using simple arithmetic. Now is
> that a simple effective system or what?
Yeah. Too bad it was done away with when I was 6.
Ole
*1976 copyright act.
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