On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:00:01AM +0000, Todd Walton wrote: > On 10/5/05, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A law that allows copyright to be continously extended is > > unconstitutional, regardless of the amount of money involved. > > "Limited" mean limited, though our politicians appear not to have read > > that part. > > "Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by > securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive > Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" > > Okay, so the length of time of copyright is limited by how much money > you can pay. > > -todd
Seems to me that the intention is clear, and any interval beyond one that "promote[s] the Progress of Science and useful Arts" is tough to justify. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
