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July 14, 2007
Researcher: Current Copyright Law Stifles
Cambridge University PhD candidate Rufus Pollock has published a paper that takes a look at the economics of copyrights, and concludes that the optimum length of copyrights is 14 years, a fraction of their current length. Pollock's research (pdf) looks at the economic benefits of both copyrighted work and work that has entered the public domain,
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Posted by Joe at July 14, 2007 08:43 AM
