Gabriel Sechan wrote:
From: m ike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Since most email was published after 1978. it would have a copyright of
> life of the author + 70 years.
> Unless it's a corporate memo, in which case it'd be between 75-95
years.
then i sure got that wrong! thanks for the correction.
Not too badly so- I'm sure Disney will pay them to extend it again when
Mickey Mouse gets close to public domain again.
Which is the most annoying part about the whole controversy, there
doesn't have to be one.
Let people extend copyright on a sliding scale.
0- 20 years -- free and automatic
20- 40 years -- free, but requires registration
40- 60 years -- $X and requires registration
60- 80 years -- $2X and requires registration
80-100 years -- $4X and requires registration
etc.
If Disney wants to keep Mickey under copyright effectively forever
*fine*. Make them pay for the privilege.
Otherwise, stuff that is simply not immediately economically valuable
enough would fall out of copyright and become reusable.
-a
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