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> Furthermore absolutely no viable public purpose can be served today by backdating new rules to past works. We didn't create any new works from the 1950s by p
by monochromatic 11y ago
> Furthermore absolutely no viable public purpose can be served today by backdating new rules to past works. We didn't create any new works from the 1950s by passing laws in the 1970s.
This is a really good point. I don't know why I've never thought about that before.
- danieltillett 11y agoI suspect this is because the popular media is a limited number of conglomerates who generate enormous profits from retrospective copyright extensions. Funny that stories that don't benefit these conglomerates aren't published.