Public Domain Enhancement Act reintroduced
[Posted May 24, 2005 by corbet]
The Public
Domain Enhancement Act has been reintroduced into the U.S. House of
Representatives by Zoe Lofgren. This law would require that owners of
copyrighted works file a registration form and pay a $1 fee to keep the
copyright in force after the first 50 years. Works which, after 50 years,
have been abandoned will enter the public domain.
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