Re: News Flash
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On 02/22/07 15:37, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 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.
Why does it matter to you, since you want to move to Canada?
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