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"Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again."
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"Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again."
Copyright
"Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device."
Legal
"As we've seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture."
Development
"If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit."
People
"Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property."
Progress
"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense."
Time
"Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders."
Society
"Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt."
Power
"We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying."
Creativity
"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
Famous
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