Re: The Eric Eldred Act

On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Eric Eldred wrote:

> 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.

This would violate Article 5(2) of the Berne Convention; Article 9(1) of GATT/TRIPS; Article 1(1) of the WIPO Copyright Treaty; Article 20 of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; and Article 1703(2) of NAFTA.

Apart from that...

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