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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Ninjalawyer, what's in our constitution has little to do with how our laws are actually writen and enforced.
Our constitution states clearly that lawful money should be Gold and Silver. Courtesy of executive orders from FDR, LBJ, and Richard Nixon, it is only paper. There are all sorts of other pieces ignored, but why bother to list them...
My gold 1/2 ounce is still standing against a zinc cent, betting that US copyright will at least be attempted to be extended again by 2022.
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It's not so clear. What it says is "No
State shall...coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts...." It forbids states from making their own money and forbids them for deciding for themselves what is legal tender and what isn't.
But I agree that there will be a campaign to extend copyright further, and I think it will probably succeed. I think any attempts to reduce copyright terms are pointless, and the best that can be accomplished is to keep them from being extended. Just give Disney a perpetual copyright in Mickey Mouse, maybe that will slow down the extensions.