Re: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8.

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Christopher Gwyn <christopher[_at_]icopyright.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
> >
> > It doesn't take a Supreme Court opinion to determine whether an
> > author can sell a copyright. All it takes is 17 USC 201(d)(1).
>
> Ultimately it does take the Supreme Court. If a case involving
> 17 USC 201(d)(1) came to the Supreme Court they could -- in theory
> -- declare 17 USC 201(d)(1) to be unconstitutional. It might be
> highly unlikely that they would do so, but they have declared
> long-standing law unconstitutional before.

What are you suggesting? That all U.S. laws in general, and 17 USC in particular, be considered more or less tentative pending testing before the Supreme Court?

--Dodi Schultz
  <schultz[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 17:27:15 GMT