[nylug-talk] [Fwd: [!CrackMonkey!] The Eric Aldred Act]

[Ron Guerin]

This is interesting, because I'm pretty sure they're completely wrong.

98%+ of the copyrights will have the maintenance fee paid, and less than
2% of the material will pass into the public domain.

- Ron

-----Forwarded Message-----

From: Neale Pickett <neale at woozle.org>
To: crackmonkey at crackmonkey.org
Subject: [!CrackMonkey!] The Eric Aldred Act
Date: 19 May 2003 10:11:35 -0700

I know some of the crackmonkey denizens are big copyright buffs, so I
thought I'd let you all know about this before your EFF newsletter does:

  May 16, 2003 - We are close to getting a bill introduced to help right
  the wrong of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. This bill,
  now titled "The Public Domain Enhancement Act," would require a
  copyright owner, 50 years after a work is published, to pay a $1
  maintenance fee. If the owner pays the fee, the copyright
  continues. If the owner does not pay the fee, the work passes into the
  public domain. We estimate under this bill, 98% of copyrighted works
  would pass into the public domain in just 50 years. We are close, but
  the lobbyists have already started the battle against this
  bill. Please write your Representative and Senator, and ask them to be
  the first to introduce this bill. Point them to this site, and ask
  them to respond to your request. If we can just get this idea
  introduced, then we can begin to build a movement around this obvious
  compromise to the current extremism. But it will only happen if you do
  something to get it going. Please help now.

http://www.eldred.cc

-- 
If you continue to eat meat, then the carnivores have already won.
 -- #2 of Berkeley

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