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Off With Their Heads

Off With Their Heads
by Dick Morris
Should Congress be able to keep extending the lengths of copyrights?
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 		 YES
Authors and their heirs deserve the profits from their work. That money shouldn't go to people who had no part in creating it
NO
This is unfair to websites and publishers. Under the Constitution, copyrights are only supposed to be secured for "limited times"
 
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The Supreme Court is considering whether Congress was within its authority to extend copyrights by 20 years. The 1998 law ensured that U.S. law was in sync with international standards, and that the legacy of authors and composers would be preserved.

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 		 In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the law's challengers said: "After extensive lobbying by the current owners of copyrighted works constituting an important part of this culture Congress chose these owners over the public at large."

 
 



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