Posted by Biz on 02/01/06 04:01

Funny you should say that because the copyright legislation froma few years
ago was nicknamed the mickey mouse bill....


"Alun L. Palmer" <elektros@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in
> news:slrndt1vg7.kgc.nospam@debian.dns2go.com:
>
> > Invid Fan wrote on [Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:48:15 -0500]:
> >> 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
> >> :)
> >
> > copyrights don't expire anymore. Not until Disney stops buying
> congress.
>
> LOL! You're right, of course. They should just be honest and ask for a
> Mickey Mouse bill to preserve the copyright on the mouse in perpetuity,
> and change the copyright term back to 50 years. IMHO it should be cut to
> 10 years for software applications. There should also be some provision
> for abandonment for non publication.
>
> I actually beleive in the central tenets of patent law, but I can't say
> the same for copyright law as it stands today. I suppose it's just as
> well I am only a patent agent.
>
>

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