> The fight now should go the other way - reverting current insane copyright term to its previous lengths. Copyright lobby might not be able to extend it more,

> The fight now should go the other way - reverting current insane copyright term to its previous lengths. Copyright lobby might not be able to extend it more, but it doesn't mean that the current one is acceptable. This proposal is not only just, but feasible. The left should get on-board, since the retroactive copyright extensions effectively took away property that was promised to the public and reassigned it to media companies for a certain amount of time. Constitutional conservatives should get on-board, since Congress's authority to establish a copyright office is rooted in the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts," and excessively long copyright terms stifle progress rather than promoting it. I posted a while back advocating for a coordinated reform effort [0], and I still think we can get this done. Who’s in? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18016752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18016752