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The last time copyright was extended was in 1998. Copyright was considered a boring topic then, so no one but a few librarians cared about a copyright extension
by Seattle3503 5y ago
The last time copyright was extended was in 1998. Copyright was considered a boring topic then, so no one but a few librarians cared about a copyright extension. The political landscape has changed since then. Organizations such as the EFF and even Google would present strong resistance to another extension of copyright.
- joshspankit 5y agoI can’t find it now, but I think you’ve missed something important: 1998 may have been the last extension in the US, but they’ve successfully steamrolled that extension in to other countries in the past decade. If someone knows what I’m talking about, please cite. I do not have enough memory shreds for a good Google search. I think it was a “mild” coercion to “bring other countries up to date”, talking about how artists were essentially being robbed in countries where the copyright had not fallen in line with this 50-70 years past the creator’s death.