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The chances are zero. There is no way for the government to retroactively change the terms and conditions of contracts and grants that were executed long ago.
by michaelhoffman 14y ago
The chances are zero. There is no way for the government to retroactively change the terms and conditions of contracts and grants that were executed long ago.
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- Alex3917 14y agoThat's not accurate, they could grant themselves a license to the copyright under eminent domain.
- betterunix 14y agoOr just retroactively reduce the lengths of copyright terms. After all, they retroactively increase the lengths of those terms all the time, so why can they not reduce them as well? The constitution explicitly requires copyrights to expire, but makes no specific mention of what the minimum or maximum terms are.
- temphn 14y agoCalifornia just enacted a massive retroactive tax. If they want to, they will do what they want. http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2013/01/15/california-to-hit-startup-founders-with-big-retroactive-tax-bills/ http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2013/01/15/california-t... http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/21/the-california-tax-that-terrifies-tech http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/21/the-california-tax-th...
- disgruntledphd2 14y agoThen some billionaires need to buy Elvesier et al and do so. That for my money, would be one of the best things to happen to science as the result of profit.