The Constitution says "...securing for limited times to authors..." The original copyright law in the U.S. was for 7 years and allowed a one time extension for another 7 years. I think that's reasonable. The current law is ridiculous though, life of the author plus 70 years. There's no way that life+70 is a "limited time".
The Constitution says "...securing for limited times to authors..." The original copyright law in the U.S. was for 7 years and allowed a one time extension for another 7 years. I think that's reasonable. The current law is ridiculous though, life of the author plus 70 years. There's no way that life+70 is a "limited time".