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Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- From: Kurt Hockenbury <khockenb(at)stevens-tech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:00:05 -0400
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On Wed, 29 May 2002, Michael A Rolenz wrote:
> 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.
I'd prefer it you have to do the math for the public. Frex:
"Copyright 2003 Foobar Industries. Copyright Expires 2023." (Hey, I'm
allowed to dream, right?)