Comment Re:Remember when copyrights were 17 years? (Score 2, Informative) 302
I think you are confusing patent terms and copyright terms.
Patent term in the United States used to be 17 years from the date of issue, now it's 20 years from the date of filing.
Copyright term in the U.S. was originally 14, extendable for another 14. Subsequent developments have lengthened the term to what it is today.
See this website for the history of copyright http://arl.cni.org/info/frn/copy/timeline.html
Patent term in the United States used to be 17 years from the date of issue, now it's 20 years from the date of filing.
Copyright term in the U.S. was originally 14, extendable for another 14. Subsequent developments have lengthened the term to what it is today.
See this website for the history of copyright http://arl.cni.org/info/frn/copy/timeline.html
