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Old 06-22-2010, 12:22 PM   #16
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You honestly think they won't extend it again? "life + 70" is already ridiculous. Once you've set that precedent, why not "life + 90" or "life + 150".
I think that when the ebook business will definitely lift off, the rule of thumb will be something like "there ain't such thing as a public domain"....
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Old 06-22-2010, 12:25 PM   #17
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You honestly think they won't extend it again? "life + 70" is already ridiculous. Once you've set that precedent, why not "life + 90" or "life + 150".
Why should they extend it? New works are entering into the public domain year on year all over the world in countries with a life + 70 copyright term. If M. Mouse & Co are the issue, why not simply grant a longer term for corporate copyright, and leave individual authors well alone? It's not been a problem in other countries.
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Old 06-22-2010, 12:27 PM   #18
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Exactly my plan here. I don't have spare money for lawyers, especially for legal challenges that could be avoided by me paying attention. I also don't want to bring any trouble the MR, as I will mostly likely post my efforts here.
You misunderstand me. What I meant was that you will be breaking US copyright law by uploading it here. MR can legally host it, but you can't legally upload it. Of course, whether that bothers you is entirely down to you.
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MR can legally host it, but you can't legally upload it.
... from the US. You can go to Canada (or any other country where it is public domain) and legally upload from there
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Mexico has a "life + 100 years" copyright term. Surely it would illegal there, wouldn't it?
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Why should they extend it? New works are entering into the public domain year on year all over the world in countries with a life + 70 copyright term. If M. Mouse & Co are the issue, why not simply grant a longer term for corporate copyright, and leave individual authors well alone? It's not been a problem in other countries.
I'd say it is better than 50:50 that anything published from say 1970 will never become public domain in the US.
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Mexico has a "life + 100 years" copyright term. Surely it would illegal there, wouldn't it?
I didn't know that, I assumed it had life+70, since I hadn't seen it mentioned otherwise... I'm correcting my previous post then.
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Why should they extend it?
Same reason they've extended it numerous times in the past?
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Why should they extend it?
Same reason they've extended it numerous times in the past?
Something entering the public domain benefits a very large amount of people by a relatively small amount each. Something remaining protected benefits a very small amount of people by a relatively large amount each.
Governments tend to act to benefit small groups of clearly defined interests, rather than large un-coordinated groups, as the former can lobby more effectively than the latter.
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You misunderstand me. What I meant was that you will be breaking US copyright law by uploading it here. MR can legally host it, but you can't legally upload it. Of course, whether that bothers you is entirely down to you.
Getting caught is a terrible thing.
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