06-18-2006, 10:03 PM
Sober ThoughtJun 18 2006, 11:38 AM ABSTAIN.
Creating worldwide copyright law is a challenge enough, and I missed out on all the preparation so I feel somewhat unqualified to criticise. Nevertheless, 3a seems to negate any sensible excercise of the national right for additional formality. For example, many countries use the concept of legal deposit. For instance, an author sends one or two copies to the national library to establish a claim to copyright. Under 3a, many types of legal deposit would be prohibited. [/quote]
That would mean that authors would have to go through that process for all of thirty thousand UN nations in order to have copyright there.
Creating worldwide copyright law is a challenge enough, and I missed out on all the preparation so I feel somewhat unqualified to criticise. Nevertheless, 3a seems to negate any sensible excercise of the national right for additional formality. For example, many countries use the concept of legal deposit. For instance, an author sends one or two copies to the national library to establish a claim to copyright. Under 3a, many types of legal deposit would be prohibited. [/quote]
That would mean that authors would have to go through that process for all of thirty thousand UN nations in order to have copyright there.