Decades ago, I talked with someone close to the government side of the negotiations with Hollywood which resulted in the copyright term extension act of 1976.

Decades ago, I talked with someone close to the government side of the negotiations with Hollywood which resulted in the copyright term extension act of 1976. They were perhaps a bit defensive. But they claimed the act as a success. A success in damage control. Because, roughly, "you should have seen the crazy <bleep> Hollywood wanted". And in the decades since, year after incremental year, we have.