The Tender For Law

Volume 5

Jan 01, 2014 6:16 AM

Scott Duncan

What was "LEGALLY" stolen from you, the general public.

NOT ONE SINGLE PUBLISHED WORK ENTERED THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Let that sink in.

The culprits? THE RIAA/MPAA and their legal manipulations on copyright law.

...and they have NOTHING to do with PUBLISHING!

What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014?

web.law.duke.edu

Current US law extends copyright for 70 years after the date of the author�s death, and corporate �works-for-hire� are copyrighted for 95 years after publication. But prior to the 1976 Copyright Act (which became effective in 1978), the maximum copyright term was 56 years � an initial term of 28 yea...

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