> This is where copyright is broken. Because they are perfectly happy with nobody being able to play them, and the only option being "buy new stuff". Copyright

> This is where copyright is broken. Because they are perfectly happy with nobody being able to play them, and the only option being "buy new stuff". Copyright is working as designed. In fact it's weaker in the USA than elsewhere, where it plugs into the broader concept of authors' rights. Because a work reflects on its author's reputation, that author has broad latitude in determining whether and how their work gets presented and distributed. If Disney decides that Song of the South needs to go into the Disney Vault forever, they are within their rights to decide that, per the principle of authors' rights, not just the letter of copyright law.