http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/copyright-versus-human-rights.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/copyright-versus-human-rights.html#comment-1567040 jerwin Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190244#comment-1567040 It seems to me that the only copyright related doctrines which could be plausibly defined as human rights are "moral rights",  in that they are inalienable, and expire with the death of the original  author. Other rights, including the pragmatic copyright regime used by the United States do not rise to this level. It seems to me that the only copyright related doctrines which could be plausibly defined as human rights are “moral rights”,  in that they are inalienable, and expire with the death of the original  author. Other rights, including the pragmatic copyright regime used by the United States do not rise to this level.

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