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Old 03-15-2011, 03:32 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by etienne66 View Post
Copyright is constitutional. The constitution says congress has the right to specify a copyright for a limited time.
Only "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". Now, I'm not arguing (as Lange and Jefferson Powell seem to) that congress has overstepped those boundaries, but they clearly don't have carte blanche here. I suppose it could be argued that the current regime isn't needed to that end.

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... what is limited about life plus 70 years?
It's still "limited", of course.
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