12/4/2023 0 Comments Facetune video length limit![]() For example, when John Kerry was running for the Presidency in 2004, he tried to suppress a book he'd written in 1971 against the Vietnam War - and, because of copyright, he could and did. ![]() This isn't a theoretical exception: copyright has blocked actual speech. And, while most authors want their work sold, not all do, so I might not be able to get a license. Even if I could ask the copyright-holder to let me perform or sell it for a fee, that would still restrict my speech by making me pay. If I stand in a club singing a song, or if I print and sell a book, freedom of speech would normally protect me - but if the song or book is copyrighted, it wouldn't. ![]() CMV: US copyright terms should be significantly shortened.įundamentally, copyright is a restriction on freedom of speech.
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