I think, legally, "limited" just means finite. It isn't more specific than that.
You may think a reasonable limit is 1 generation. Others might differ. Your quote from the constitution doesn't say what they thought a reasonable limit was, only that there should be some limit. And I don't get your point about promoting progress. Surely promoting music fits the category. I get it that you think corporations are somehow different, but I'm not clear on why. Suppose I write some great song and I sell it to a corporation, who gives me a lump sum now because I don't care about my heirs and future royalties. We agree on the net present value of my potential future earnings, they give me this lump sum, I blow it on alcohol (or Squeezeboxen) and now the corporation owns the copyright. Is it any less legitimate because a corporation owns it? If you manage to establish that in law, you make it impossible for the next guy down the road who wants to do what I did. -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
