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 Wednesday, January 15, 2003Send Copyright Back
Siva Vaidhyanathan prefers "an 1860's vision of copyright," before control of derivative works was added. I think that's my new slogan: Send Copyright Back to the 60's -- The 1860's! 1:56:52 PM  Awwww, Man... Supreme Court Keeps Copyright Protections "The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld longstanding copyrights designed to protect the profits of songs, books and cartoon characters, a huge victory for Disney and other companies." [Yahoo News] Awww, man. This sucks. I knew it was a long shot. It's up to Congress to stand up for the Constitution's intent. And you know how I feel about Congress. No word yet from the Eldred site. I'm sure there'll be some analysis posted around the 'Net today. [Update.] Here's what Lessig has to say. Michael from Slashdot summed it up nicely: "The upshot is that no works produced in the United States after the 1920's will ever go out of copyright." More from Lessig: "What the Framers of our constitution did is not enough. We must do more." Here's a compilation of reactions around the 'Net. 10:20:07 AM
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