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From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@Alcatel.com.au>
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On 1999-Nov-03 17:09:13 +1100, Wes Peters wrote:
>  Several companies including Microsoft and RSA are lobbying various
>Congress critters to change this to 70 (!) years.

A more reasonable figure for an industry changing as rapidly as
the software industry would be 3-5 years.  (And I don't think
we want to get into a religious discussion on software patents).

Peter


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