To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off topic, copyright law?
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:54:30 -0700
SuziRT wrote:
> I belive the copyright period is currently the lifetime (of the
> owner/creator/author) plus 70 years.
Correct, unless the author is the Disney Corporation, in which case the
period is extended. The lifetime of a corporation is potentially
infinite (and Disney has political power beyond just an infinite life).
-Bryce