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Old 01-20-2012, 09:30 PM   #68
JD Gumby
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
As has been repeatedly said, this is about bringing the US into compliance with the basic principle of the Berne Convention: that works published in other countries get same same protection in the US as do works published in the US. Does anyone think that this is an unfair principle?
For new works? No problem. For existing works that had already passed into the public domain under the old rules? Big problem.
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