[d@DCC] Copyright act review

[Wallace J.McLean]

>Personally, I think that if we could get the durations of moral and
>economic rights split, that would be a good first step. Currently,
>you hear lots of people arguing "why shouldn't the creator still be
>credited as the creator 200 years after the work was created ?",

I think they *should* for a limited purpose, and one that falls outside
teh copyright act: academic work and serious scholarship demands footnote
and endnotes... otherwise you're right on the money.

>Personally, I'd be ok with a term *extension* for a limited set
>of moral rights - like the right to be identified as the creator,

What good does that do a dead guy?

>but I feel that the duration of economic rights is already way
>too long.

Agreed.
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