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2003-06-26

Enlarging the public domain

Two Congresspersons introduced a bill that would loosen the ever-tightening grip of copyright law on creativity, the Wahington Post reported yesterday in an article titled "Bill Seeks to Loosen Copyright Law's Grip":

Two members of Congress today introduced legislation they said would ensure the American public's access to the nation's intellectual and artistic heritage.


The Public Domain Enhancement Act would require the owners of copyrighted works -- such as songs, books and software -- to pay a $1 fee to maintain their copyrights once 50 years have transpired from the work's original publication. If owners failed to pay the fee, the work would enter the public domain, and the public would be free to reproduce, republish or alter it.





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