Copyright, Patent Expirations [Was: Re: GNU License and Computer Break Ins]
On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 10:08:59PM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> Some copyrights never expire. For example, my understanding is that the
> UK "crown copyright" (a copyright owned by the government) is perpetual.
> The US follows almost exactly the opposite rule, where works by or for the
> government are in the public domain.
>
Industry held copyrights in the US never expire either. Every time our
oldest copyrights near expiration, congress extends the length of copyright
by another few years.
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Brian Ristuccia
brian@ristuccia.com
bristucc@cs.uml.edu
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