Americans Have Been Selling This

As I've Indicated, Most Books Go Out Of Print Within One Year. The Same Is True Of Music And Film. Commercial Culture Is Sharklike. It Must Keep Moving. And When A Creative Work Falls Out Of Favor With The Commercial Distributors, The Commercial Life Ends.

Lawyers Rarely Test Their Power, Or The Power They Promote, Against This Simple Pragmatic Question: "will It Do Good?" When Challenged About The Expanding Reach Of The Law, The Lawyer Answers, "why Not?

The Current Term Of Protection For Software Is The Life Of An Author Plus 70 Years, Or, If It's Work-for-hire, A Total Of 95 Years. This Is A Bastardization Of The Constitution's Requirement That Copyright Be For "limited Times."

Americans Have Been Selling This View Around The World: That Progress Comes From Perfect Protection Of Intellectual Property.

I Think The Archaic Idea Is Actually Winner Take All, Because The Principle Of "one Person, One Vote" Is A Principle That Was Introduced As A Fundamental Principle In American Law In 1962, Long After States Had Moved To "one Person, One Vote."