Darn

Where, O where, is David Nieporent?

Ninth Circuit panel bans the Pledge for kids in skool, Supremes okay (some) school vouchers, some judge outlaws federal executions... and we ain't gettin' no commentary from Jumping to Conclusions.

These are issues almost ready-made for his blog. Darn.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 07/02/02 04:34:38 PM
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"Copyrights and the Constitution"

Interesting article today by Phyllis Schlafly on an important topic:

.... Colorful disputes over copyrights have continued throughout our history, and the U.S. Supreme Court this fall will hear a case which many think is the most important copyright case in decades. In Eldred v. Ashcroft, the Court will address the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which was rushed through both Houses of Congress in a single day on Oct. 7, 1998.

This law is informally known as the Disney Copyright Law because some consider it a billion-dollar federal handout to the Disney Co. It extended the copyrights on Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, Winnie the Pooh and other cartoons and works scheduled to expire over the next several years.

The copyright clause in the Constitution is precise in stating that copyright and patent monopolies can be conferred by Congress "for limited times." The implementing law passed by the first Congress set the limited time at 14 years.

However, Congress has repeatedly extended the time of existing copyright monopolies. The Disney Law mocks the constitutional requirement of "limited times" by extending copyright protection to 95 years....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 07/02/02 12:42:46 PM
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E-mail Announcement of Latest Issue of The View

The View from the Core 07/01/02 is now available.

Column: "America: Land of the Oppressed?" ("reprint")

Featured Webpages: 12 new links posted

Featured Websites: 1 new link posted

Poetry: "To the Memory", "The Wild Honey Suckle", and "The Uniformity and Perfection of Nature" (all by Philip Freneau)

Prose: "Freedom Hath Been Hunted Round the Globe" and "The Touchstones of Sincerity and Hypocrisy" (Thomas Paine)

Photography: Declaring Independence 1776

Guest Column: "God's Will" (repeated)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 07/02/02 08:42:16 AM
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