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hollaar@faith.cs.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar) wrote:
>In article <08ed85b0.c307623a@usw-ex0103-024.remarq.com>
andysch <aschlaflyNOasSPAM@yahoo.com.invalid> writes:
>>As to the issue of the D.C. Circuit judges hearing the Sonny
>>Bono Act appeal, you were the one (not I) who thought their
>>decision should be determinative of your views on its
>>constitutionality.  My question was simply to ask you if you
>>even knew the identity of the three individuals on which you
>>were relying for your views.
>
>I didn't say that they would determine my views of whether term
>extension is constitutional or not. ....
>Again, I don't rely on them for my views....

OK, fine, so ... what are your views about retroactive
extensions of copyright duration?  In terms of economic
efficiency and constitutional law, I don't see any justification
for them.  In terms of defending inefficient corporate profits
at public expense, there is an incentive for lobbying for these
laws -- and that's why we suffer under them, until enough people
complain.

You say that Congress has been extending duration retroactively
since at least 1975.  What's your view of this important issue?

Andy




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