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I'am far from a legal scholar, i do know that one of the main driver behind |
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extending the copyright to death of author +70yrs was so Disney would |
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continue to control miky mouse, or atlest tahat is the folk lore on the |
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topic. So that make it seem like even if gentoo owns the material they only |
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do so until 70yrs after the author deaths. Mening year of writing is |
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surpluses, atlest considring us copyright. |
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/EKG |
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ps. Please tell me if I only generate noise. |
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On 5 May 2017 20:39, "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 5 May 2017 14:31:17 -0400 |
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> "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 5 May 2017 18:20:43 +0000 |
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> > Erik Närström <erik.narstrom@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > I'snt copyright deth of author +70yrs? |
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> > |
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> > Yes for work that is copyright to say you or me. Something copyright |
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> > to an immortal entity I believe is different. Even if Gentoo ended, |
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> > not sure that is the same as a person dying. We essential give up our |
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> > copyright when you put Gentoo's copyright on there. I think it would |
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> > have to include a persons name for the death term to apply. |
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> > |
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> > I believe 95-120 years is the duration. |
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> > https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf |
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> That is for the United States, not the world. Seems most others go with |
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> the author aspect. But I am not sure how that carries over to entities. |
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> At least in the US, this stuff that is copyright Gentoo is bound to |
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> those terms. |
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term |
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> OT.... |
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> Corporate personhood is one of the most contentious things in the US. |
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> IMHO it was the reason for the civil war not slavery etc. If it was |
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> slavery no need for civil rights. It was about coporate personhood. |
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood |
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> This amendment, super abstract. Not sure software exists this abstract |
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> in nature.... |
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> "As a matter of interpretation of the word "person" in the Fourteenth |
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> Amendment, U.S. courts have extended certain constitutional protections |
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> to corporations. " |
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_ |
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> United_States_Constitution |
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> -- |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. |
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