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It could be worse! (Score:2)

by yudel (1014)

Imagine if the current copyright term of life of author + 70 years was fully retroactive. Then we could all litigate whether Moses or God was the Author....
- Re:It could be worse! (Score:1)
  
  by AZAudio (6484) on 2005.12.01 2:38 (#44937)
  
  Yeah, but since He rose again on the third day, does this change the way we interpret copyright in this particular instance?
  
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  - Re:It could be worse! (Score:2)
    
    by yudel (1014)
    
    IANAL, but I've been reading a lot of copyright law lately.
    
    Given the way copyright terms operate, I can imagine a strong case to be made that the author's failure to stay dead until the end of the calendar year would make the death irrelevant for copyright purposes.

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