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50 years is too long50 years is too longPosted May 25, 2005 6:15 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: 50 years is too long by mcelrath Parent article: Public Domain Enhancement Act reintroduced 50 years is the minimum term allowable by international treaty. No country can choose a shorter term without violating the treaty.
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50 years is too long Posted May 25, 2005 23:34 UTC (Wed) by XERC (guest, #14626) [Link] And most of the Intellectual Propertytreaties, as we know, are initiated one way or another by some United States intereats. As the US government is more pro-business then pro-citizen, then the term, US government, means practically, US business. Take Iraq, take software patents. Naturally, if SW-patents get enforced in EU, then it's the europeans fault that they were not smart enough and/or couldn't put up respectful representatives. We can then blame only ourselves. I don't know exactly about the WIPO, TRIPS, etc. but I believe that one might end up in the US one way or another.
50 years is too long Posted May 26, 2005 4:18 UTC (Thu) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998) [Link] The US didn't sign the Berne Convention, first created in the early part of the 20th century, until 1978. The rules of this game weren't set by the US.
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