http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law
In the USA public works have always, thanks mostly to Jefferson,
been deemed to be the public property, and the right to exploit
been a limited right granted by the people, while the french argument
was that they were the absolute property of the author (as I
understand it).
It seems the Berne Convention brought the French view into line with the
USA tradition, as much as the other way or am I wrong?
That article points out that the concept of copyright was
a result of the invention of the printing press, is it not possible
that it's supercedence by modern digital communications
also lead to similar fresh thinking?
joly
At 04:12 PM 5/15/2006, Andreas Haugstrup wrote:
>On Mon, 15 May 2006 21:36:42 +0200, Charles Iliya Krempeaux
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Read this for a brief history of Copyright:
>>
>> http://slaw.ca/2006/04/25/publishers-and-copyright/
>
>In what world was that brief? :o)
>Anyway, it was hardly a history of copyright. A text that doesn't mention
>the Berne convention can hardly be called the history of copyright (even
>though the author of the above piece is undoubtedly smart, he hasn't
>written a history of copyright).
<snip>
>
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