Public Domain Enhancement Act petition

EricEldred writes "Please sign the petition and support the proposed Public Domain Enhancement Act. See eldred.cc for details. 'This statute would require American copyright owners to pay a very low fee (for example, $1) fifty years after a copyrighted work was published. If the owner pays the fee, the copyright will continue for whatever duration Congress sets. But if the copyright is not worth even $1 to the owner, then we believe the work should pass into the public domain.'" See the brief description of the Act if you aren't familiar with what Eldred and Lessig are proposing.

Hm...

[Anonymous Coward]

if the copyright is not worth even $1 to the owner, then we believe the work should pass into the public domain

No wonder most open source apps are free.

won't fly

[Anonymous Coward]

this won't ever happen, it actually makes sense and would benefit someone besides "big corporations".

copyright automation and patents

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe I am going to patent the idea of automated fund submission for copyright extension.

hehe

[Anonymous Coward]

slashdot: " All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster."

All trolls will be broke in 50 years, if they want to keep their copyrights

Re:automate it

[diablochicken]

Oh, trust me -- I know all about silly walks.

I mean works.

Or something.

Re:automate it

[ch-chuck]

Instead of a specific figure, just call it "For A Limited Fee" and then keep increasing it every few years.

Copyright "discussions" on Slashdot are

[Real World Stuff]

like abortion "discussions" at a Baptist convention :).

Win or lose it raises awareness!

KH

Re:probably not effective

[damiam]

to promote the progress of science and useful arts

Does that mean that non-useful arts aren't covered under copyright?