Re: The good fight

>>> mpollack[_at_]memphis.edu 10/01/02 08:26AM >>>
I chose 24 + 24 because of prior statute. Any exact number choice is arbitrary. If copyright ended at 7 (absent renewal) I would throw a party.
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I think Malla misspoke; as she is aware, the duration of copyright in the 1909 Act was 28 + 28 years, not 24 + 24. [The original 1790 statute was 14 +14.] - Tyler

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tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu Received on Wed Oct 02 2002 - 15:31:53 GMT