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- On Friday (Nov 16th), a republican study committee chaired by US Congressman Jim Jordan published "RSC Policy Brief: Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it." This was a remarkable and insightful statement of the issues and suggested some possible resolutions, all in just a little over 8 pages of text.
Unfortunately, someone (we assume the copyright lobby) got to them within hours of the document appearing and the publication was pulled from the committee's website. Luckily, in the Internet age, copies were preserved elsewhere. As I write, there is a copy here.
The link to the paper. A law that highlights the extent to which our government has been corrupted by money. I wonder what the copyright protection is on something written by a computer.- Original Copyright Law: 14 years, plus 14 year renewal if author is alive.
- Current Copyright Law: Life of author plus 70 years; and for corporate authors 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication.