[Gllug] Regarding priracy (sic)

[Rev Simon Rumble]

On Thu 06 Mar, Jason Clifford bloviated thus:

> In the UK modern copyright came about when Queen Ann introduced it to 
> protect authors from the monopoly held by the printing houses who severely 
> abused authors and kept almost all of the profits from their works for 
> themselves - rather like the modern situation in many cases.

When I talk about "copyright" I'm really talking about the treaties
which govern it internationally.  The preample to the Bern Convention
gives a good explanation of its motivations, specifically:

"Recognizing the need to maintain a balance between the rights of
 authors and the larger public interest, particularly education,
 research and access to information, as reflected in the Berne
 Convention,"

http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytreaty.html#Preamble

> There was certainly no stated aim in the UK to encourage more such works 
> although it may have been a consideration.

If this were not an aim, why is there a timeout on the protection of
copyright?

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