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		bentley on Jan 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job don... > I am of the camp, ultimately, that wants to see the U.S. Constitution's original copyright terms restored The Constitution doesn’t specify copyright terms; it only grants Congress the ability to set them. You probably mean that you want to restore the terms of the US’s first copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1790 (fourteen plus fourteen years, etc.).

EvanAnderson on Jan 3, 2022 [–]

> You probably mean that you want to restore the terms of the US’s first copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1790 (fourteen plus fourteen years, etc.).

You're quite correct. Sorry for being sloppy when I banged-out that comment.

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