I was going to comment on the disastrous decision of the US Supreme Court in Ashcroft vs Eldred, upholding new laws which amount to Copyright Perpetuity. I thought I’d point out that Australia still has a more reasonable position where copyright last 50 years after the author’s death, speculate on the implications for the proposed Free Trade Agreement and wrap up with a link to Kim Weatherall and a pithy comment. When I looked at her site, I found

Another thing we can look to, I think, in the current round of Free Trade Negotiations between Australia and the United States, is pressure from the States, freed from the spectre of constitutional challenge, to Australia to extend its copyright terms to match those of the United States. So perhaps what we REALLY need is some pressure back here in Australia.

So my pithy comment is “Me too!”