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The 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 t
by cookiecaper 11y ago
The 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.