Re: News Flash
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:44:04PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>>
>> Article I, Section 8.
>>
>> The actual language in the constitution states that "The Congress shall
>> have the power to ... promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,
>> by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive
>> Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
>>
>> Note the word "limited."
>>
> Arguably, since corporations are legal *persons* but have a potentially
> indefinite lifespan, 125 years (or life + 50 years) *is* a limited time.
I would argue that this violates the spirit of what the framers of the
constitution intended given copyright lengths in England of the same era as
the constitution's writing.
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