> It looks like the US had to restore/extend copyrights to foreign works as part of the agreement that established the WTO? What happens is that lobbyists for

> It looks like the US had to restore/extend copyrights to foreign works as part of the agreement that established the WTO? What happens is that lobbyists for the same (copyright) interest groups instructs their governments that extended copyright is in their interest, and that whoever have the longest should “win” and become the norm. WTOs are basically big business “negotiating” with itself through nation states.