Comment Re:A little off target though... (Score 1) 206
I think the case itself is more focused on the term of the copyright laws rather than on the good vs. bad arguments about copyrights.
An interesting editorial linked off of the Edlred case site has a good explanation of how this has worked through the judicial system. Two lower courts have rebuffed the plaintiff's argument, saying that the term of the copyright is up to Congress and the courts can't judge that. But one dissenting opinion in a lower court argued that Congress's actions (extending the copyright term, even for existing works, every few years as the deadline approaches for major companies such as Disney), amounts to a perpetual copyright, which is unconsitutional.
I tend to think that having a fixed term copyright, regardless of length, is better than having a copyright that just keeps growing and growing.
An interesting editorial linked off of the Edlred case site has a good explanation of how this has worked through the judicial system. Two lower courts have rebuffed the plaintiff's argument, saying that the term of the copyright is up to Congress and the courts can't judge that. But one dissenting opinion in a lower court argued that Congress's actions (extending the copyright term, even for existing works, every few years as the deadline approaches for major companies such as Disney), amounts to a perpetual copyright, which is unconsitutional.
I tend to think that having a fixed term copyright, regardless of length, is better than having a copyright that just keeps growing and growing.
