[free-sklyarov] The digital copyright tug o' war

[Mark K. Bilbo]

On Saturday 04 August 2001 10:25, James S. Huggins \(Free Sklyarov\) wrote:
>    >>>Thomas Jefferson was so concerned over the potential
>    >>>for censorship inherent in government grants of monopolies
>    >>>over ideas that he wanted an amendment included in what
>    >>>we now know as the "Bill of Rights" that would limit all such
>    >>>grants of monopoly to a specific number of years with NO extensions.
>
> Citations would be appreciated from anyone who knows where to find more
> information on this particular topic (Jefferson and monopolies).
>

You could start with:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/594462.asp

An article by Siva Vaidhyanathan who has a book coming out titled _Copyrights 
and Copywrongs_.

Mark