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Extending copyright to last forever?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:42:05 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: May 20, 2007 10:30:48 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Extending copyright to last forever? Dave, Must read -- but take your blood pressure medication first -- is a NYT op-ed from Mark Helprin (a fellow at the Claremont Institute) who proposes Congress extend copyright "as far as it can throw" (ideally he says extending it forever if the pesky Constitution didn't get in the way). I don't know if he's really serious or merely some sort of agent provocateur trying to whip people into a frenzy, but he's certainly useful as a reminder that at least ostensibly there are people who do have such views, however ridiculous they may seem to most of us. I'm assuming that the IP readership tends not to go along with the "forever copyright" concept. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20helprin.html --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Founder, CIFIP - California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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