It seems to me that a great way to test the sincerity of proponents of copyright term extension is to propose to make it prospective only. That is, existing works (which by definition need no further "encouragement") will not benefit from the longer term, but works created after the effective date of the act will gain the benefit (admittedly, somewhere between 2075 and 2100). If you really believe the "necessary for encouragement" theory, you should support my modified bill. Somehow, though, I think most of the corporate interests pushing for term extension wouldn't fight so hard for this new bill.
Mark Lemley
Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Law
Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson, P.C.
mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu
For information on the Intellectual Property program at UT, see http://www.utexas.edu/law/intelprop/ Received on Wed Feb 19 1997 - 15:15:39 GMT
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