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Originally Posted by ApK
There's been quite a lot of discussion on the matter since the Constitution. 
That link I included goes into it.
The idea of the PD, in my way of thinking, is implicit in what happens AFTER the "limited" time that all copyright laws I'm familiar with give, otherwise, as someone said, why limit the time at all?
In any case, the fact of the "how" does not change the "why" anymore than the fact of the "why" means we can ignore the "how."
So I think Hitch and Sgt. Stubby are both wrong.
ApK |
Actually, you made my argument for me, by answering my question, which was directed at the folks making the OTHER argument: that the purpose of "copyright law" is to enrich the PD...rather than secure the rights of authors. You simply misunderstood my debating style; we're saying the same thing.
Hitch