Originally Posted by rharv
Now if our government would just respect the copyrights it grants ....

/ducks
They've never had to before—why start now?

Congress should have passed laws to protect rights holders as required in the Constitution but have never stepped up to the plate—other than giving Disney an additional 20 years before Mickey Mouse went into the Public Domain. Every significant movement has come from the courts or in legal agreements now considered precedent.

I speak as someone who worked on the 1976 revision to Title 17. I'll spare everyone the next five pages I could write on this.


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