15 Jan
2003
15 Jan
'03
4:15 p.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: <asimovd@aol.com> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:55 PM Subject: [math-fun] Copyright extension
The Supreme Court just blessed the law of 1998 extending the 75 years of copyright protection to 95 years.
(See <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/15/business/15CND-COPY.html>.)
This isn't great news for The People, who benefit by having works fall into the public domain.
GRAY: And in about 2020, if the congress then is as disgustingly corrupt as the present one, they will extend it to maybe 200 years. (Why fool around with small increases?) And if the Supremes are as dominated by right-wing ideologues as they are now, the extension will be blessed again.