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Sucking a statistic out of thin air, I'd be amazed if you can get 1% of people to even be aware of copyright terms, much less feel politically motivated to spen
by bruce511 5y ago
Sucking a statistic out of thin air, I'd be amazed if you can get 1% of people to even be aware of copyright terms, much less feel politically motivated to spend political capital fighting Disney.
It's the easiest lobbying in the world to extend copyright terms. There are waaay more important one-issue topics on the table than to worry about mickey mouse.
If Disney wants to extend it, they will. And if they do there might be 15 seconds of bad press, then the next big story will come along...
- echelon 5y agoGoogle and other tech companies exist now that would like to see copyright contracted. But maybe none of it matters anyway. As tech improves, the cost to create approaches zero.
- joshspankit 5y agoThis is the most concerning part to me: The cost to create will be essentially zero, but the cost to create something that does not already infringe copyright is going to be astronomical since it’s inversely proportional. Imagine if Disney could push a button and create 100 billion characters. You’d probably be infringing the moment you draw your first concept. “20000 of our works have that exact same ‘distinctive’ hairstyle. Cease and desist.”