Re: Constitutional Challenge to (C) Code

Robert E. Smith <bob_smith[_at_]ctsfw.edu> asks:
>
> What would be the likelyhood of success for a Constitutional Challenge
> of the Duration of Copyright under both current and pending US Code?
> It seems to me that life plus fifty-seventy years does not "promote the
> progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited time."
> I do not understand how a lifetime beyond my lifetime is limited and how
> it guarentees my right to my work when I am dead. Class action, anyone?

The simple answer is that copyright invites and protects investments in dissemination. Public domain works carry a greater risk.

Albert Henderson, Editor, Publishing Research Quarterly. 70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com Received on Mon Mar 30 1998 - 14:58:38 GMT