I looked into this recently and it seems that copyright for an individual is longer than that; the lifetime of the individual plus twenty years if I remember correctly (not guaranteed). Definitely lifetime plus some though. We have been trying to get permission to reprint an journal article from the fifties.
Dana Nick McClure writes: > I think people are getting copyright and patents confused or are talking > about them in the same way, which is not correct, a patent is good for 20 > years, this is where innovation happens, these are inventions and processes. > > Copyrights are for publications, works of art, etc, they currently last 70 > years, but as previously pointed are being constantly extended. > > There are two separate offices: > http://www.uspto.gov/ > http://www.copyright.gov/ > > Extending copyrights does not hinder innovation; extending patents however > would hinder innovation. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:43 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: all slashbots are idiots. > > > > Monday, July 7, 2003, 4:26:58 PM, you wrote: > > NM> Well, how about because they created them. > > > > Should the Wright Brothers descendants be living off licensing fees for > > airplanes? > > > > NM> Should I be profiting off of them instead? > > > > Yes. > > > > What good does it do American Citizens if a stagnant corporation that > > no longer knows how to innovate is able to continue existing and > > standing in the way of real innovators? It's corporate welfare...and > > anti-capitalist. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
