Re: The Eric Eldred Act

That is the idea advanced by Richard Posner in the manuscript of his oncoming book on The Economics of IP.

At 13:46 26/01/03 -0500, you wrote:
>In response to the stunning decision in Eldred v. Ashcroft, we have come up
>with an idea that we would like discussed here.
>
>It is for a tiny tax on works in the 50th year of copyright. If the tax is
>not paid, the work would enter the public domain. Thus works with no
>commercial value would enter the public domain much as they would earlier when
>the term expired. Works with commercial value would be paid for and would
>enjoy the current copyright term. The tax could go to support the
>registration process.
>
>Maybe 50 years of copyright is too long. The Economist has spoken out for a
>14 year renewable term. But we recognize we have to make significant
>compromises with the strong copyright interests in Hollywood in order to
>persuade Congress about the benefits of this proposed act.
>
>For more information, please see
>http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/EAFAQ.html
>
>What do you think?
>
>
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>"Eric" Eric Eldred mailto:ericeldred[_at_]usa.net
>http://www.eldritchpress.org "Eldritch Press"
Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 12:42:48 GMT