Didn't intend to get into another discussion of copywrite laws and
such. But find a way to work withing such laws and expand on work
previously done - giving credit due.
On 10/29/2012 02:19 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:
On 10/29/2012 10:26 AM, Steve Comstock wrote:
On 10/29/2012 8:23 AM, scott wrote:
On 10/25/2012 07:35 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
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Ummm. There are copyright laws, ya' know.
Do they not expire after 25 years?
<SNIPPAGE>
Because of the "Mickey Mouse" [Disney] laws (yes, this is what they are
referred to), copyright is not for a set number of years to be renewed by
the owner (US IP law up to about 1964 as I recall), but runs until some
number of years after the death of the original creator.
This is because the owner of the Mickey Mouse copyrights (along with a few
others) pushed the US Congress for a change to the copyright laws. They
have been modified at least twice since 1964, if my memory serves me
correctly.
At one point, the extension past demise was based on whether or not the
creator was well known (Ok, get a bunch of attorneys together and get them
to define that term). So it was something like 10 years for a non-well
known author, and 25 years for a well known author.
The recent change is causing some to question if what the US Congress did
is actually a violation of the US Constitution in this area, as things
were intended to go into the public domain after a/an [reasonable] amount
of time. That is, a copyright was not to be "inperpetuity".
Regards,
Steve Thompson
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