Lessig's blog again:
> The Mexican Congress is about to consider a revision to its copyright
> law. Among it many changes, the law will extend the term of copyright
> from life-plus-70 to life-plus-100. (And no doubt thus beginning yet
> another cycle of �harmonization� around the world.) Worse, at the end
> of the copyright term, the government has the right to charge
> royalties for works in the �public domain.�
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_03.shtml#001027
Any guesses as to when we'll see the government charging for public
domain works in the US?
jma
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