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	<title>Red Patent &#187; Law</title>
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		<title>Car hire in Portugal</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/11/13/car-hire-in-portugal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make the most of any holiday or a business trip it’s best and sometimes cheaper to rent a car. All the big rental companies such as Avis car Hire, Alamo car hire, Maggiore rentals offer a wide  selection of car categories to choose from. The rental cars for hire range from small and compact ideal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To make the most of any holiday or a business trip it’s best and sometimes cheaper to rent a car. All the big rental companies such as Avis car Hire, Alamo car hire, Maggiore rentals offer a wide  selection of car categories to choose from. The rental cars for hire range from small and compact ideal for short journeys to larger luxury models for longer trips. If travelling in a group then one of the larger MPV’s or minvans would be more suitable.</p>
<p>Fast car Hire compares the top  rental companies offering <a href="http://portugal.fastcarhire.co.uk/">car hire in Portugal</a> so that you can decide which car and package best meets with your travel requirements. Each supplier will have different charges for extras so do spend time researching any additional charges should you need to book extras.</p>
<p>The rates on offer are good plus you only need to make a small deposit payment to book. The balance is then payable direct to the rental company when picking up your rental car.</p>
<p>If thinking of visiting the Algarve this winter or summer spend some time now checking the suppliers and deals on offer with FastCarhire.  If landing at Faro Airport please see the Faro AIrport Car Hire options available  <a href="http://portugal.fastcarhire.co.uk/faro-airport-international-portugal.asp">Car hire   Faro airport</a> or car hire at  Lisbon Airport .  If landing at Lisbon the check out the great deals for <a href="http://portugal.fastcarhire.co.uk/Lisbon-Airport-PORTUGAL.asp">car hire Lisbon Airport</a> .</p>
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		<title>Casino Themed Party Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/31/casino-themed-party-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casino night parties are involved where a casino or a  dummy model of your party is there. The idea is to get a lot of counterfeit  money, which can be acted with the night, too. The casino usually has a few kind  of prize for the best player or a fining system [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Casino night parties are involved where a casino or a  dummy model of your party is there. The idea is to get a lot of counterfeit  money, which can be acted with the night, too. The casino usually has a few kind  of prize for the best player or a fining system for all players. Here are some  cosmopolitan ideas for your party night of the casino.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energizedevents.com/">Casino Theme Party Corporate  Event</a>- <a href="http://www.energizedevents.com/casino_party/casino_parties.html">Casino  Parties</a> are the base that the party managed.  The CEO of a casino base party is that you should accept enough elbowroom in the  casino games for 60-80% of the guests play both. All clients can bear on to  play, so it is not essential, capacity, and there has expects list for a table  ie more concerning (as in a real casino). Some games such as blackjack, roulette  believed, craps, slots and even war!</p>
<p>The  last piece of the casino had better be honored. Prices shouldn&#8217;t be extravagant,  but aspiring interested in gaining a sufficient <a href="http://www.energizedevents.com/casino_party/casino_party_nights_sacramento.html">Sacramento  Casino Party Night</a> for the people of a prize,  so he takes the game seriously. Some ideas for prizes is gifts, DVDs and other  electronic devices.</p>
<p>We  desire that you&#8217;ll be able to integrate some of these ideas at your gambling  casino party theme.</p>
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		<title>Social security number verification</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/29/social-security-number-verification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees may have a big problem with the Internal Revenue Service agency (IRS) if give to employer a wrong social security number (SSN). Hence verification of social security number is an important task for employers to supervision hiring and personnel management process.
Social security number also can be used for validating person to stop identity theft [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Employees may have a big problem with the Internal Revenue Service agency (IRS) if give to employer a wrong social security number (SSN). Hence verification of social security number is an important task for employers to supervision hiring and personnel management process.</p>
<p>Social security number also can be used for validating person to stop identity theft and searching information about people like court reports, employment records, criminal records and other data.<br />
But not only employers need to verify person you may be interested to check some person too. Easiest way is a using SSDI. <a href="http://search-people-info.com/social-security-number/social-security-death-index.htm">Social security death index</a> (SSDI) database contain information taken from death master files from SSA and include data about birth and death records of the person, last address, such information can prevent using SSN of dead person by swindlers.</p>
<p>Moreover social security number may be useful to find a find someone &#8211; missing relatives, long lost friends, classmates and etc. Trace by social security number can get present address of the person.<br />
Now many online companies provide services by verification of social security number. But not forget that almost impossible <a href="http://search-people-info.com/social-security-number/ssn.htm">perform a social security number search</a> without of necessary details include a valid SSN and the last name.</p>
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		<title>Florida Cyberfraud, Identity Theft and Consumer Protection Law Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/21/florida-cyberfraud-identity-theft-and-consumer-protection-law-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyberfraud, identity theft and consumer fraud threaten Floridians on a daily basis. Knowledge and vigilance are the most effective ways to combat these threats. This article details resources that can help you take action to prevent or minimize the effect of these criminal acts.
CYBERFRAUD TASK FORCE
Technology developments have impacted our world in many positive ways. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cyberfraud, identity theft and consumer fraud threaten Floridians on a daily basis. Knowledge and vigilance are the most effective ways to combat these threats. This article details resources that can help you take action to prevent or minimize the effect of these criminal acts.</p>
<p>CYBERFRAUD TASK FORCE</p>
<p>Technology developments have impacted our world in many positive ways. Unfortunately, the growth of technology has also dramatically increased the opportunities for con artists and scammers. Frequently Florida consumers are unaware that they&#8217;ve been conned in an internet scam or that their online activities have left them exposed to fraud.</p>
<p>There are many different forms of CyberFraud. Unauthorized charges on telephone bills, credit cards, debit cards and bank accounts are common. These charges are often internet-generated. Therefore, it is important to be vigilant about reviewing your monthly statements to ensure that there are no charges from unauthorized companies. In addition, consumers frequently provide personal information when filling out applications for free gifts or coupons that are then used to commit fraud.</p>
<p>The Florida Attorney General&#8217;s Office has formed a CyberFraud Task Force to review, investigate and prosecute illegal online activities against consumers. Many of the Task Force&#8217;s investigations are initiated by consumer complaints and referrals. To file a complaint about internet-related or cyberfraud, contact the Attorney General&#8217;s Office at 1-866-9-NO-SCAM (1-866-966-7226) or online at the Florida Attorney General&#8217;s website.</p>
<p>An additional resource for reporting Cyber Fraud is the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). IC3 was established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center to serve as a means to receive Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop, and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement and/or regulatory agencies for any investigation they deem to be appropriate. Complaint to IC3 can be filed online.</p>
<p>IDENTITY THEFT FRAUD</p>
<p>Identity theft has become a very serious problem for Florida consumers. The Attorney General states that identity theft is &#8220;the criminal act of taking a victim&#8217;s identity for the purpose of obtaining credit, credit cards from banks and/or retailers, stealing money from the victim&#8217;s existing accounts, applying for loans in the victim&#8217;s name, establishing accounts with utility companies, leasing automobiles and residences, filing bankruptcy, and/or even obtaining employment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Identity thieves can commit fraud in a victim&#8217;s name that may go undetected for months or even years. Frequently, the victim&#8217;s bank account is drained or credit destroyed. In addition, identity thieves commit crimes ranging from traffic fractions to major felonies &#8211; all in the victim&#8217;s name. It may take years for the unsuspecting victim to repair the damage.</p>
<p>Florida&#8217;s Identity Theft Resource and Response center provides invaluable information on how to prevent identity theft and the steps for reporting identity theft and rebuilding credit. Florida&#8217;s Identity Theft Victim Kit provides contact information for how to notify the three major credit bureaus, creditors, bank or financial institution, and law enforcement. Finally, the Kit provides important prevention tips that will help you minimize the risk of identity theft. The Florida Identity Theft Victim Kit is also available online at the Florida Attorney General&#8217;s website.</p>
<p>CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW RESOURCE</p>
<p>The Florida Attorney General also maintains a list of useful tips and tools to help protect consumers from fraud. The online resource details common fraud such as business opportunities, charitable solicitations, debt collection, health fraud, land sale scams, and work-at-home schemes.</p>
<p>CONCLUSION</p>
<p>Knowledge is one of Floridian&#8217;s best defenses against Cyberfraud, identity theft and consumer fraud. The Florida Attorney General provides extensive online resources to help protect Florida consumers from internet-related threats.</p>
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		<title>Los Angeles criminal defense attorney</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/14/los-angeles-criminal-defense-attorney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent legal and entertainment news which effects the film community in Los Angeles, the parliament of Switzerland has said that the border agency acted correctly when they detained famous film director Roman Polanski on a United States issued warrant for having unlawful intercourse with a thirteen year-old girl in 1977.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In recent legal and entertainment news which effects the film community in Los Angeles, the parliament of Switzerland has said that the border agency acted correctly when they detained famous film director Roman Polanski on a United States issued warrant for having unlawful intercourse with a thirteen year-old girl in 1977.</p>
<p>For their part, they stated today that &#8220;Switzerland as a (nation) of law could not have acted any different.&#8221; In addition, they stated that &#8220;no special treatment for (famous) personalities may be considered when it comes to crimes.&#8221;</p>
<p>The fugitive director was arrested and detained back on September 26 just as he arrived in the city of Zurich to receive an award. Apparently they found out that he was coming to the mountainous nation at that particular time because his scheduled show appearence had been<br />
announced ahead of time on the internet. Oh well, from what I understand he has a high powered criminal defense attorney. Speaking of that, if you find that you require a leading <a href="http://www.losangelesprobate.com">Los Angeles probate attorney</a> then may I suggest this resource.</p>
<p>He has been in jail in that central European nation since that time, yet is predictably fighting his extradition to the United States. All in all, the police department and other relevent authorities in the city of Los Angeles categorize him a convicted felon and a fugitive of the law.<br />
For their part, the Chicago Tribune newspaper reported the following regarding this case (it has been slightly edited for size): &#8216;I WONDER if the (Los Angeles) Hollywood&#8217;s elite is pondering its great mistake? I mean the ill-considered outrage which immediately followed the arrest and detainment of Roman Polanski in Switzerland on the charge of having unlawful intercourse with a minor?&#8217; I would tend to side with the great writer of this story, Elizabeth Smith, a top journalist. I mean, it was a criminal act, was it not? Soeaking of that, if you need a <a href="http://www.ramirojlluis.com/">Los Angeles criminal defense attorney</a> then may I suggest Ramiro Luis, a top criminal defense attorney himself.</p>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Rights and the Unequal Application of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/13/womens-rights-and-the-unequal-application-of-the-equal-protection-clause-of-the-14th-amendment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Americans may find themselves asking how gender equality &#8211; particularly in the workplace &#8211; can continue to be a struggle in the country whose constitution has inspired fledgling democracies the world over. Actually, the Constitution doesn&#8217;t ever guarantee or advocate equality. All that nice stuff about everyone being &#8220;created equal&#8221; comes from the Declaration of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Americans may find themselves asking how gender equality &#8211; particularly in the workplace &#8211; can continue to be a struggle in the country whose constitution has inspired fledgling democracies the world over. Actually, the Constitution doesn&#8217;t ever guarantee or advocate equality. All that nice stuff about everyone being &#8220;created equal&#8221; comes from the Declaration of Independence, which, in terms of legal applicability, was little more than an angry breakup letter to the Brits.</p>
<p>The closest the Constitution comes to the issue of human equality is in the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which essentially says that the states can&#8217;t apply laws in a discriminatory manner. Note that enforcement is between the federal government and the states, not the federal government and private businesses or clubs. Only when someone is &#8220;clothed with the state&#8217;s power&#8221; does the federal government have any jurisdiction over whether he or she is practicing discrimination. Being that this is an incredibly cryptic statement, suffice it to say that the courts usually consider a state complicit only when it is a direct participant in discriminatory private behavior.</p>
<p>The 14th Amendment was added to the US Constitution in 1868 in an effort to improve the lives of former slaves in the South, but because the Amendment protects the rights of &#8220;persons&#8221; and not &#8220;freedmen,&#8221; it has since been interpreted in a much broader sense to apply to all people in the US. In fact, during America&#8217;s Gilded Age of big business and corruption, the Supreme Court broadened their interpretation to the point where the word &#8220;persons&#8221; suddenly applied to corporations. This made it much harder for the government to stand in the way of a ruthlessly expanding economy &#8211; not that it particularly wanted to.</p>
<p>In fact, Equal Protection was interpreted so broadly at this point in US history that workers petitioning for safer conditions and shorter workweeks were kept in the factories so that they would not be denied the &#8220;right&#8221; to support their families. Remember when you tried to convince your parents that being a teenager gave you the right to make your own choices, so they pulled the ol&#8217; &#8220;with adult decisions come adult responsibilities&#8221; and doubled your chores? Picture that at a federal scale &#8211; only with more typhus &#8211; and you get a sense of how Equal Protection has been used against itself.</p>
<p>Nowadays, the Equal Protection clause is interpreted much less broadly. In fact, it actually applies to different groups unequally according to a three-tiered system of scrutiny. To honor the historical intent of the 14th Amendment, all state laws regarding race are subject to &#8220;heightened review,&#8221; meaning they are intensely investigated by the federal government and have to meet a huge series of criteria in order to be upheld. The only other laws that fall under this level of scrutiny (from time to time) are those involving citizenship.</p>
<p>The next-highest level of scrutiny is &#8220;intermediate review,&#8221; which the Supreme Court created in recent decades to address women&#8217;s rights and laws regarding gender classification. In order to withstand federal scrutiny, laws that treat men and women differently need to be &#8220;substantially&#8221; involved in achieving &#8220;important government objectives.&#8221; For example, in 1981, the Supreme Court upheld a California statutory rape law stating that while sexual relations between an adult male and a female minor are illegal, relations between an adult female and a male minor are not. Aside from being good news for Demi Moore, this distinction contributes substantially to the important government objective of reducing teen pregnancy.</p>
<p>For all laws that fall under the lowest level of scrutiny, the Supreme Court uses the &#8220;Lindsley Test&#8221;; so long as classifications between people can be argued to be reasonable and not arbitrary, laws will be upheld. However, because basic scrutiny is relatively easy to withstand, many people feel that laws impacting other groups, such as the elderly, the poor, gays, and lesbians, should fall under higher levels of scrutiny.</p>
<p>Others take it a step further, saying that the entire premise of applying the Equal Protection clause unequally is preposterous. While there is a certain undeniable irony to the three-tiered system, keep in mind that giving everyone the exact same rights would mean that your eight-year old cousin could marry a thirty-year old, or that grandma could enroll in the sixth-grade, or that when people put videos of their toddlers hittin&#8217; the sauce on YouTube, it wouldn&#8217;t be a felony.</p></div>
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		<title>The Importance of the Agreement for Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important when  conducting business to protect your concerns when concluding dealings with other  parties, admitting employees, customers, suppliers and partners.
This is an area id est. often not  sufficiently addressed by small enterprisers whose goal is to do everything  compensate, and many are established agreements are concluded on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most important when  conducting business to protect your concerns when concluding dealings with other  parties, admitting employees, customers, suppliers and partners.</p>
<p>This is an area id est. often not  sufficiently addressed by small enterprisers whose goal is to do everything  compensate, and many are established agreements are concluded on a handshaking,  a handshake is nothing if start things miscarry.</p>
<p>Here is a summary of the <a href="http://www.smartspacepartners.com/">Nondisclosure Agreement</a> that is  often needed in the economic system&#8230;</p>
<p>A contractual agreement issued to  protect confidential information belonging to business dealing. An agreement of  nonproliferation, which is a.k.a. a confidentiality agreement,</p>
<p>is a legal contract between two  companies which outlines confidential materials or cognition the parties wish to  share on others can be used since certain purposes, but you prefer to limit to  widespread use. The May arrangement is mutual, with both sides of the adjoin  with the use of equipment, or may limit an individual company. A revealing of  privacy practices of the Company&#8217;s products and services and to broadly describe  the sort of information collected and <a href="http://www.smartspacepartners.com/small-business-owners-succeed-with-online-legal-documents/">printable  legal</a> used on the site to protect the privacy rights of Internet users</p>
<p>Do not neglect the developing and  operation of your business.</p>
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		<title>Criminal Defense Attorney</title>
		<link>http://www.redpatent.com/2009/10/10/criminal-defense-attorney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has his day in court.  This means that even if the client is guilty of criminal defense he should do  everything necessary for that person is not a crime sentenced. How it works? If  you use a Ventura criminal defense  attorney be appointed to join and make the clients feel [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone has his day in court.  This means that even if the client is guilty of criminal defense he should do  everything necessary for that person is not a crime sentenced. How it works? If  you use a <a href="http://www.roberthelfend.com/">Ventura criminal defense  attorney</a> be appointed to join and make the clients feel they have to. Then  you will prepare for a long time for you to conduct an investigation, police  reports for review and consideration of evidence for testing.</p>
<p>During the experiment, each party  shall designate May witnesses. Some of them are experts and post questions to  this person are sued, you have the opportunity to interview and the difference  between vice versa. Another such is in a private area that you can collect a fee  determined by the legal services. You may charge a flat fee or an hourly basis.  That depends on you.</p>
<p>If you have a vehicle many cases  now, be honest with the customer and tell him he can not because it would not be  in a position to at full capacity in this state.</p>
<p>Like a <a href="http://www.roberthelfend.com/">LA criminal defense attorney</a> doing his  job? When operating on the assumption that a person arrested, until the contrary  is proved innocent. This is difficult, especially when you know that your client  did, but it is his duty as a lawyer. You do not want this person to spend the  rest of his time in prison.</p>
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		<title>How to File a Copyright</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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To file a copyright, follow these simple steps:
1. Gather detailed contact information on all contributors to the work of authorship (Citizenship, Residence, Year of Birth). Be sure to include all persons related to the copyright- writers, inventors, copy writers, marketing persons, and anyone else related to the project.
2. Find a patent attorney. A simple online [...]]]></description>
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<p>To file a copyright, follow these simple steps:</p>
<p>1. Gather detailed contact information on all contributors to the work of authorship (Citizenship, Residence, Year of Birth). Be sure to include all persons related to the copyright- writers, inventors, copy writers, marketing persons, and anyone else related to the project.</p>
<p>2. Find a patent attorney. A simple online search can accomplish this.</p>
<p>NOTE: Be sure to interview 5-10 attorneys and get a feel for the one who fits your personality. You will be spending a lot of time together, so it&#8217;s very important you get along well.</p>
<p>3. Schedule a meeting with him/her (or teleconference).</p>
<p>4. Provide three copies of your work with a Copyright notice such as &#8220;© Year, Name or Business name. All rights reserved.&#8221;</p>
<p>5. Provide the year the work of authorship was created.</p>
<p>6. Provide the date of First Publication/Sold/Offered for Sale: MM/DD/YYYY &amp; Country of publication.</p>
<p>7. Determine who the owner of the work is and whether all authors, one author, or an entity is to be the owner or assignees. The entity or single author options may require an assignment agreement. Provide the full legal name and contact information of any assignees.</p>
<p>Agenda for meeting with your intellectual property attorney:</p>
<p>1. Provide an overview of your work of authorship and the names of any contributors to the work of authorship.</p>
<p>2. Review the work of authorship.</p>
<p>3. Review any assignment issues.</p>
<p>4. Assign tasks and dates of completion.</p>
<p>5. Decide whether you are proceeding with an engagement agreement with your patent attorney.</p></div>
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		<title>Copyright Law and Society</title>
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With this message I have created a copyright. Should this post become as popular as say a Beatle&#8217;s song I could sue for royalties from everyone who forwards it. The copyright on the post lasts 75 years and if I register the copyright it will last as long as 100 years. Even what is in [...]]]></description>
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<p>With this message I have created a copyright. Should this post become as popular as say a Beatle&#8217;s song I could sue for royalties from everyone who forwards it. The copyright on the post lasts 75 years and if I register the copyright it will last as long as 100 years. Even what is in the copyright and what is not is questionable as I can later derive work from this post and extend the copyright.</p>
<p>While Congress is spending millions studying the Drug War, Health Care, the Deficit and a myriad of other issues, the impact of an obsolete copyright law is far greater on society. On the corporate level there is a push to extend copyright, neglecting that most of what we see today on TV or the movies is derived work from historical authors like Shakespeare who then derived much of his work from Greek plays. On the left there are people like Thom Hartman who want to see copyright laws repealed guaranteeing Disney and other movie produces will never make another movie.</p>
<p>Currently, Google is under a legal injunction preventing them from just scanning books that may still be in copyright. There is a better way to sort the current mess. Public domain works have become like the Guttenberg Project and with open source software a valuable resource. With the internet available to the world public domain works spread communication and education. There are many ideas and valuable history wrapped up in out of print works. The Internet exploits these works adding value to society</p>
<p>How much other obscure information becomes valuable when exposed on-line? Like Google the Guttenberg Project cannot put on line thousands of obscure and out of print books because of out of touch copyright laws. In the past a publisher &#8211; say of Schumpeter&#8217;s Business Cycles &#8212; had a motivation not to reprint an out of print book. They had to cover the cost of a minimum printing and this meant warehousing, distribution and promotion costs. Thus many, many books lie fallow, keeping library shelves full and supporting out of print book dealers.</p>
<p>With every change in technology there are winners and losers. Economics generally sorts things out, however government and laws play an important part in making economic value. Without copyright laws the publishing industry would come to a screeching halt. Already the music industry is caught in a bind over internet distribution. Yet there are some simple solutions to this problem.</p>
<p>1. Lower the length of copyright on non-registered works to three to five years. A short time frame would further expand the value of the Internet as a resource.<br />
2.	Make registered works re-register every five to seven years.<br />
3.	Raise the registration fee to a level that would support an enforcement fund.<br />
4.	Define clear penalties for infringement that are high enough to be enforceable but not draconian.<br />
5.	Automatically flow the funds from enforced royalties to the registered copyright holder.<br />
6. Allow re-registration of copyrights to enter open bidding with the funds from a high bidder going to the previous copyright holder.<br />
7.	Failure to re-register a copyright pushes the work into the public domain.</p>
<p>In effect the holders of registered copyrights would be paying a tax for enforcement just as banks pay FDIC insurance on deposits. As with domain names, all registered copyrights can now be on line. A cottage industry would spring up around bidding for expiring copyrights giving the owner extra bidding power. Fees collected as well as fines support rational enforcement. Fines could be split between copyright holder and the enforcement agency. In bidding for expired copyrights the enforcement agency would get a portion of the bid allowing for legitimate bidding and higher fees on properties with greater potential enforcement costs.</p>
<p>The same could be done with software where in-registration a copy of the code is archived with the licensing agency. On expiration the code would be released on-line allowing users access for bug fixes and modifications again making possible derived works and increasing the economy. When a product is no longer available for sale or supported and has embedded software that software becomes publicly available.</p>
<p>On both sides the consumer and creator are protected. Unregistered works become publicly available much sooner and valuable works of creation take on greater and greater value as they become part of the culture. As things expire each has a chance at increased exposure. Out of print works become easily and readily available adding to the wealth and knowledge of society.</p></div>
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