[Rumori] Crackpot calls copyrights... Too Long? [Digest Vol 7, Issue 3]

[PeterALopez]

There is no copyright extension legislation currently in the US congress, that i'm aware of.

In the US, for the last few times in which new works would have had the possibility to enter the public domain, copyrights have been extended.  Thus the point has been made that copyright control will be maintained (forever theoretically) for any work created around the turn of the century.

This is the first time i've heard of anyone with significant iinfluence, claiming that maybe things have drifted away from helpful to harmful.  We've heard from lawyers and creative folks but this is coming from the head of copyright policy in the US.  But as she points out, this is under Congress' control.

PeterALopez


-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Lee <bellaireco at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Rumori] Crackpot calls copyrights... Too Long? [Digest Vol 7,	Issue 3]
>
>Hello all,
>
>So how long are copyrights being extended?
>
>Broadly speaking, copyright in *most* jurisdictions
>worldwide subsists for up to fifty (50) years after the
>death of the creator/author or copyright holder. Some
>jurisdictions allow extensions, some don't.
>
>There's no immediate mention of the term of extension in
>the news.
>
>Cheers all from Hong Kong,
>Robert