Re: Re: Australia/US/FTA copyright provisions:FreeTrade ata Price

the "not much incentive for authors" comment was the reason the issue of Perpetual was settled in the 1786-88 British courts to just 7 years and was the reason that the U.S. constitution said "for a short time". Then as now, the authors, with very, very few exceptions, are hurt not helped by the copyright clauses.

Authors might ask themselves if there were no copyright law, and the works of art were protected by trade secret agreeement until a publisher was discovered, would the aurthor not end up with more bargaining power and more money, quicker, than the current arrangements?

What alternative to copyright could be developed to make sure the author not the publisher owned and controlled the works?

sterling

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Denise Nicholson wrote:

> I agree with Mark Davison. If Berne and TRIPS state a minimum of 50 years after creator's death, then why does it have to be extended at all?
>
> It is no secret that extension is to protect economic interests of multi-billionaire publishing and software companies. Not much incentive for authors!
>
>
> >>> Mark.Davison[_at_]law.monash.edu.au 11/15/03 12:51AM >>>
> 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 Nicholson wrote:
> > > Replying to CalleØstergaard:
> > <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 Trade Agreements.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Just a thought for the weekend, in response to Denise's point....
> >
> > 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 the EU?
> >
> >
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