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You know why patents and drugs have short terms, but copyright is very long? Because the thing it is protecting is a luxury. It is unnecessary. No one will die
by Testudio 9y ago
You know why patents and drugs have short terms, but copyright is very long?
Because the thing it is protecting is a luxury. It is unnecessary. No one will die if Mickey Mouse remains copyrighted in perpetuity, and the progress of humanity won't be stunned because you can't make youtube clips out of Winnie the Pooh.
You can just stop buying Disney merchandise if you don't like them. There is more public domain art than you can consume in a hundred years. Disney will stop lobing for copyright extensions once it no longer profitable.
Oh, and stop using Facebook while you are at it.