Looks like another blow to the movement for reasonable copyright, this time in the case Kahle vs. Ashcroft. Where are all the conservatives who want a strictly literal, as opposed to interpretive, reading of the Constitution on this? Are they all so beholden to corporate interests that they can't make the argument they should make against all these copyright extensions which basically amount to a defacto unlimited copyright in direct violation of the Constitution? I suspect that they are. Of course, there are so few actual liberals in government these days that Repug or Dem, most legislators are conservative enough to bow to the corporations on this one.
There's a great story on this topic by Spider Robinson. It's online for free, via Baen Books, here. (Baen has also compiled a great online library of free e-books.)
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