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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
Just as governments can nationalize private companies, they can also declare an expiration to the copyright of any work they want to.
And putting a work into the public domain even just a year after first publication does nothing to interfere with free speech or publishing of ideas. It just allows for other people to exercise the same speech and publish the same ideas, as well.
Not that I support any of that, but to say the government can't do it is a bit naive.
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We would have to first assume that our government has the right to tell us what we can and cannot copy, this is not the case. The constitution may or may not tell the government what they can and cannot do but there are some inconsistencies between the First amendment and Article 1 Section 8.