Thread: Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
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Old 01-22-2012, 10:54 AM   #87
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Then it's Ok with you if I convince Congress to grant me a 1000 year copyright on Shakespeare...
No, that would be silly. But I would be happy if Congress granted a 1000 year copyright to Disney if it meant, as a consequence, that the rest of US copyright law could get back to something that's at least vaguely in line with what's done in every other western nation.

You say that the legal standing of the Public Domain is under threat, but isn't the truth of the matter that it's already well and truly stamped underfoot? For virtually nothing published after 1923 to be in the public domain, and nothing new to enter it until - is it 2047? - is just madness.
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