[WikiEN-l] Re: US Congress Staff Editing Wikipedia

[Michael Snow]

Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:

>Ray Saintonge wrote:
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>>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.
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>Wasn't copyright originally intended to be blanket 25 years, regardless
>of how alive or otherwise the author was?
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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