> I'd like to see the copyright terms be reduced to the original 14 years, too, but I'm not sure that's possible without changing the copyright laws first. The

> I'd like to see the copyright terms be reduced to the original 14 years, too, but I'm not sure that's possible without changing the copyright laws first. The duration of copyright is defined by copyright law, so yes, reducing the length to 14 years will require a change to copyright law. I think that Lessig had a more politically viable solution - you can have a long time but you have to pay a nominal fee every so often. For example, you can have 100 years, but you have to pay $1 per work at 20, 40, 60, and 80 years (not Lessig's exact proposal). Note that this also addresses the "who owns it" and "what is protected" issues. We might see it as a revenue proposal though.