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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
And so it is with the Golan decision. For example, I have a copy of Peter and the Wolf. I could perform it before for free, I can't perform it after without paying a royalty. Even though Congress has the right to seize said property, I'm claiming a loss from that seizure. I have the right to argue for recompense from that seizure before the Court of Claims. Whether or not I will win, of course, is unknowable.
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Would it not be fairer to argue that you shouldn't previously have had the right to perform it for free? It is unjust that the work does not receive the protection of copyright in the US when contemporary works published in the US do receive that protection. You seem to be arguing against what I'd see as a clear case of "doing the right thing".