Re: Ancient wares and present values

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

The US Constitution does not specify the term of copyright, but grants to
the Congress the power to specify that term.

The current term as enacted by Congress is as follows:

"Works Originally Created On or After January 1, 1978
A work that is created (fixed in tangible form for the first time) on or
after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its
creation and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the author's life plus
an additional 70 years after the author's death. In the case of "a joint
work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire," the term
lasts for 70 years after the last surviving author's death. For works made
for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works (unless the author's
identity is revealed in Copyright Office records), the duration of copyright
will be 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is
shorter."


Frank Townsend
Baltimore, Maryland



**** **** <***@***.com> wrote in message ...

>Personally, I'm all for copyright protection. You write a book, you write a
>program, music, whatever it is... It's yours to profit from for the next 14
>years, no matter what. Then it's public domain. Just like our good ole' US
>Constitution guarantees.