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Bob Young writes a letter to Darl

Posted Dec 11, 2003 23:56 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: Bob Young writes a letter to Darl by Tashlan
Parent article: Bob Young writes a letter to Darl

I also sent him (well, lulu.com) a correction about the Eldred case. If
I'm not mistaken it was not about 95 years being too long but about
retroactive changes not promoting the arts and sciences.

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Posted Dec 12, 2003 18:22 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

It looks like they have relayed my message.

> Thank you for sending us this note. I'll pass it on to Mr. Young's
> assistant.
> ...
>
> > Actually, the Eldred case was questioning the Consitutionality of
> > Congress extending copyrights retroactively. The courts said it
> > was fine, though that is a hard decision to defend given the
> > wording of the copyright clause.