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Judge: Live Performance Copyright Unconstitutional

Posted by timothy on from the but-unauthorized-recording-is-still-out dept.

swiftstream writes "CNN reports that a federal judge has ruled in favor of the owner of a record store in NYC in a copyright case brought against him for selling recordings of live performances. The judge said the current copyright code on live performances is unconstitutional, because copyrights last forever, in conflict with the 'limited time' requirement of copyright law."

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  1. Re:re-posted article by metlin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Eh. Saw this in the subscriber's preview and even mailed the editor about it -- but seems like it doesn't matter.

    Wonder why they bother saying, "see any problems with this story? mail our on-duty editor.."

    Duh.