Small correction, the original Copyright Act of 1790 was a 14 year term, with the option to renew it once more for another 14 year term or 28 years total. The

Small correction, the original Copyright Act of 1790 was a 14 year term, with the option to renew it once more for another 14 year term or 28 years total. The Copyright Act of 1831 was an extension of the original copyright term from 14 years to 28 years, with the same option to renew once for another 14 years, or 42 years. It takes until 1976 for copyright to start to extend into incredibly long lengths of time. The last update to Copyright law 24 years ago was also post DMCA being established. Seems hardly a coincidence that both go hand in hand as being unwieldy to non corporate entities.