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| DATE | 2003-05-19 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [Fwd: [!CrackMonkey!] The Eric Aldred Act]
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From: Neale Pickett
To: crackmonkey-at-crackmonkey.org
Subject: [!CrackMonkey!] The Eric Aldred Act
Date: 19 May 2003 10:11:35 -0700
I know some of the crackmonkey denizens are big copyright buffs, so I
thought I'd let you all know about this before your EFF newsletter does:
May 16, 2003 - We are close to getting a bill introduced to help right
the wrong of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. This bill,
now titled "The Public Domain Enhancement Act," would require a
copyright owner, 50 years after a work is published, to pay a $1
maintenance fee. If the owner pays the fee, the copyright
continues. If the owner does not pay the fee, the work passes into the
public domain. We estimate under this bill, 98% of copyrighted works
would pass into the public domain in just 50 years. We are close, but
the lobbyists have already started the battle against this
bill. Please write your Representative and Senator, and ask them to be
the first to introduce this bill. Point them to this site, and ask
them to respond to your request. If we can just get this idea
introduced, then we can begin to build a movement around this obvious
compromise to the current extremism. But it will only happen if you do
something to get it going. Please help now.
http://www.eldred.cc
--
If you continue to eat meat, then the carnivores have already won.
-- #2 of Berkeley
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