Re: Abandoning property (Was: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress)

On Fri, Nov 13, 1998, Moritz Roettinger <moritz.roettinger[_at_]dg23.cec.be> wrote:
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> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
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> > On Nov 11, 1998, Moritz Roettinger <moritz.roettinger[_at_]dg23.cec.be> wrote:
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> > > Third, it would be a completely new concept to link copyright
> > > protection to the market value of the work.
> >
> > No, I want to link copyright to being in print. It makes too much
> > sense, though.
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> Well, that's your choice. But it's not in accordance to the copyright
> concept of the Berne Convention.

Early US law was precisely so. It was not my original idea.

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e-mail mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org Received on Sun Nov 15 1998 - 22:14:18 GMT