In a recent message to the CNI-COPYRIGHT listserv, author and law professor Paul Heald tells us that he has convinced the publisher of his forthcoming novel to provide web space to authors wishing to relinquish the extended copyright protections recently upheld in the Eldred v. Ashcroft decision. See the full text of his statement below.
In a recent message to the CNI-COPYRIGHT listserv, author and law professor Paul Heald tells us that he has convinced the publisher of his forthcoming novel to provide web space to authors wishing to relinquish the extended copyright protections recently upheld in the Eldred v. Ashcroft decision. See the full text of his statement below.\”The undersigned authors agree that the current term of copyright provided under American law poses a grave threat to the continued growth of a healthy and usable public domain. We believe that the former 56-year combined term of protection under the 1909 Copyright Act provided more than adequate incentives and renumeration for creative activities. We did not seek, and hereby reject, the extension of protection established by Congress in the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. In return for the space provided on this web site, we hereby presently relinquish any copyright interest we possess in the works listed below beyond the day following the 56th year of the work\’s publication. This agreement is intended for the direct benefit of any potential users of the work after the expiration of the 56-year period.\”
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