Them who has the Gold makes the rules.....

John Ferrell  W8CCW

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do 
nothing." -- Edmund Burke
...."The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other 
people's money."
   MARGARET THATCHER
http://DixieNC.US


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]That old chestnut copyright


> Patents run out after a certain number of years. Copyrights last for
> (I think) at least the entire life of the author, and maybe even
> longer (belonging to his estate or perhaps company).
>
> US Copyright lasts from the date that Mickey Mouse was conceived of until
> some future date*. Strong vested interests and love of the good life is
> liable to ensure that this keeps being the case for increasing values of
> "some future date". (* Really!)
>
>
>
>      Russell
>
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