On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Ian MacLean wrote:
Although it seems to be fast becoming that way. With the increase in globalisation, things like copyright law are becoming more standard and in the respect unfortunately US law *is* becoming the standard.
That's an interesting argument, but I would tend to disagree. Copyright is one of those things that I've found becomes more and more complex the closer you look into it. That includes differences of large scale and small nuances between different countries. And while the U.S. in in theory a life+70 country, no copyright terms will be expiring under that rule for quite some time yet. Looked at from the point of view of what works copyright has expired on, the U.S. is in a rather unique position in the world. Andrew