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Posted by Justin on 01/20/06 16:55
Bill Vermillion wrote on [Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:15:02 GMT]:
> In article <200120060348159096%invid@localnet.com>,
> Invid Fan <invid@localnet.com> wrote:
>>In article <1137745175.981878.288220@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>>Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there something like abandonware in music, litterature and movie
>>> industry ???
>
>>There's public domain, when the copyright has expired. Letting
>>something go out of print for a few years doesn't put it there, though
>>:)
>
> And the extension of the copyright laws a few years ago to give
> the heirs of the original copyright owners what amounts to a
> free-ride for a long time hasn't helped a thing.
>
> There were reasons for copyrights to be 26 years with a 26 year
> renewal, but now copyright terms sound like a prison sentence "life
> plus 50 years". [I may have that last number wrong].
Didn't they up it to 70 years?
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