Re: Re: Australia/US/FTA copyright provisions: FreeTrade at a Price

From: Mark Davison <Mark.Davison[_at_]law.monash.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:25:59 -0500

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I think you are being facetious but, either way, the answer is 'no'.

Mark Davison

"Agenbroad, James (Civ,ARL/CISD)" <jagenbro[_at_]arl.army.mil> wrote:
> I may be wrong, but I do not believe that 17USC (U.S. copyright law) has
> a "lesser term" provision. So Australian authors already receive a life
> +70 copyright term in the U.S. unlike the E.U. Aren't you motivated to
> create so much more since you have 20 more years of protection beginning
> 50 years after you die.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Davison [mailto:Mark.Davison[_at_]law.monash.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:52 PM
> To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Australia/US/FTA copyright provisions: FreeTrade
> at a Price
>
>
> Edward's question contains the assumption that US and EU authors deserve
> the lengthy protection that they now have. There is no empirical evidence
> of the value to the community of extended copyright protection.
>
> Edward Barrow <edward[_at_]copyweb.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 16:05, Denise Nicholsonwrote:
> > > Replying toCalleØstergaard:
> ><snip>
> > > For developing countries, extension of the copyright term would be
> > > even more detrimental, especially for research and education, as
> > > access to information is difficult and expensive enough, without
> > > having to wait another 20 years for material to get into the public
> > > domain. Developing countries need to resist the pressures by
> > > developed countries to extend their copyright terms through Free
> > > TradeAgreements.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> > Just a thought for the weekend, in response to Denise'spoint....
> >
> > Don't the artists, writers and musicians of South Africa and the
> > developing world deserve at least as much protection as those of the
> > USA and theEU?
> >
> >
> >--
> > EdwardBarrow
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