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Addendum: Copyright extensions have a maximum term of 10 trillion years. Now their time is limited. I bet Disney would be happy with this compromise.
by MichaelBurge 11y ago
Addendum: Copyright extensions have a maximum term of 10 trillion years.
Now their time is limited. I bet Disney would be happy with this compromise.
- cookiecaper 11y agoThe late Jack Valenti, former head of the MPAA, actually suggested that copyright terms last for "forever minus one day". Lawrence Lessig argued a case before the Supreme Court (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft) trying to get the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act overturned, but lost 7 to 2.