Re: Thomas Jefferson's copyright term

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:15:23 -0500

On 02/10/99, Laurel Jamtgaard <ljamtgaard[_at_]fenwick.com> wrote:
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think that term-extension has gone way too far
> but I'm curious what others think about this "Public Domain Foundation"
> idea. Is there any organization doing this already??

Fascinating idea -- this is currently going on in the environmental preservation area, for rainforests, wetlands, and such -- it is extremely controversial; some see it as capitulating to evil big interests, others as a private market-based remedy to overdevelopment. I wonder if it would create strategic hold-out problems?



Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 16:23:58 GMT

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