Archive - Jan 14, 2005 - Story
Never-ending Cycle of Copyright Extension
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 14, 2005 - 13:06
Lawrence Lessig writes an interesting article at Wired about corporate copyright-holders pitting Europe and the United States against each other to continue the extension of copyright terms.
By law, once the limited monopoly granted through copyright expires creative works are placed in the public domain. Under current U.S. law, nothing will enter the public domain until 2019 although that date will change if Congress again extends the copyright term on creative works.
