Corporations never die. They get bought out or go bankrupt and assests (including book, movie, and song copyrights) are sold for a figurative song.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: <deleted> > At one point, the extension past demise was based on whether or not the > creator was well known (Ok, get a bunch of attorneys together and get them > to define that term). So it was something like 10 years for a non-well > known author, and 25 years for a well known author. > > The recent change is causing some to question if what the US Congress did > is actually a violation of the US Constitution in this area, as things > were intended to go into the public domain after a/an [reasonable] amount > of time. That is, a copyright was not to be "inperpetuity". > > Regards, > Steve Thompson -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
