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Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus



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?)