AFAIK it's even worse. Europe and the USA play some kind of ping pong with extension acts. The original draconian copyright policies came from the EU. Later,

AFAIK it's even worse. Europe and the USA play some kind of ping pong with extension acts. The original draconian copyright policies came from the EU. Later, the USA aligned, and provided a longer term than Europe. Europe then aligned with the USA, again with a longer term. And so on.