Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Another interesting possibility would be a use-it-or-lose-it provision. If there has been no properly authorized publication of a copright work in the last 10 years, any reprinting is fair use.
Wasn't copyright originally intended to be blanket 25 years, regardless of how alive or otherwise the author was?
Less than that, or slightly more depending on how you look at it. It was originally 14 years from the time of publication, with a one-time right of renewal for an additional 14.
--Michael Snow