[LINK] Music industry backs down on piracy

[David Boxall]

On 7/06/2011 3:59 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 08:35 AM 7/06/2011, David Boxall wrote:
>> Yes, I know the article's Australian. Does anyone doubt that it's Yankee
>> wankee behind the scenes?
>
> Not sure it's 'wankee', but it is in the US Constitution.
> Unfortunately, we don't have a protective constitution in this country.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law
> United States copyright law governs the legally enforceable rights of
> creative and artistic works under the laws of the United States.
>
> Copyright law in the United States is part of federal law, and is
> authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The power to enact copyright law
> is granted in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, also known as the
> Copyright Clause, which states:
> The Congress shall have Power [. . .] To promote the Progress of
> Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and
> Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
> ...

I'd argue that current copyright terms exceed that mandate, thus 
violating the constitution. That Yankee legislators have perverted their 
own constitution is, I think, a comment on US society.

That mendacious Australians, no doubt encouraged by their US 
counterparts, attempt to subvert Human Rights to their own venal ends is 
a sad comment on both societies.

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