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> These protections will go away in a few decades, possibly sooner. I doubt it, Walt Disney died over 5 decades ago, yet Disney is still plenty busy lobbying f
by freeflight 7y ago
> These protections will go away in a few decades, possibly sooner.
I doubt it, Walt Disney died over 5 decades ago, yet Disney is still plenty busy lobbying for more copyright extensions [0].
Considering how much money they have available, and are still making, I'd be really surprised if they didn't manage to drag this on for pretty much forever. Especially considering they are not the only powerful entity lobbying in that direction.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
- zerocrates 7y agoThere hasn't really been movement for another extension and it's already "late" in terms of keeping the status quo forever: the Bono act was in 1998 and tacked on 20 years, so some works actually entered the public domain in the United States at the start of 2019.