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Modernizing the Copyright Office

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-the-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Joshua Simmons has written a new article discussing the growing consensus that it is time to modernize the Copyright Office. It reviews the developments that led to the last major revision of the Copyright Act; discusses Congress's focus since 1976 on narrower copyright bills, rather than a wholesale revision of U.S. copyright law, and the developments that have led to the review hearings; and considers the growing focus on Copyright Office modernization.

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  1. Re:Pfft! by Anon-Admin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Roll it to 17 years, with no renewal.
    Toss the automatic copyright and go back to requiring registration to get the copyright.
    Require all software applying for copyright protection include all source code!
    When copyright runs out on software, it is the source code and the compiled work that gets released to the Public Domain.
    Take anything over 25 years old and make it public domain.
    Require any court cases dealing with violation of copyright to have the plaintiff pay all legal fees should the case be found for the diffident.