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Old 08-24-2009, 05:03 PM   #36
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
What do you mean, "if". I think we're well past that point.

The primary purpose of current copyright law is control/profit, nothing more. Increasing the public domain isn't even an afterthought.
Well, being that we really don't know what went on in the minds of congress when they passed the latest set of extensions, I think it is possible that men of good will might still reasonably differ over what the purpose of the current copyright law is.

That being said, I personally tend to agree with you. The problem is that there is no effective lobbying orginization for the public domain.

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