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Where did that seemingly arbitrary 70 number come from? I don't get the reasoning behind it, why not make it 10 for example?
by nntwozz 1y ago
Where did that seemingly arbitrary 70 number come from? I don't get the reasoning behind it, why not make it 10 for example?
- Retric 1y agoCompanies didn’t want to lose copyright on previously created works, most notably Steam Boat Willy. US constitution says copyright duration needs to be finite, but it kept being extended in little increments. Nobody has succeeded in pushing for more than 70 years yet so slowly a few works have been entering the public domain every year including just recently Steamboat Willie.
- matheusmoreira 1y agoGreed. When you're a trillion dollar industry and your monopolies are about to expire, you lobby the government to get them extended.
- bee_rider 1y agoIIRC it was bumped up whenever the Mickey Mouse got near the line.
- waste_monk 1y agoSurprised Disney haven't managed to get it changed to death of the copyright holder + 70 years, rather than the artist. That is not dead which can eternal lie, / And with strange aeons even death may die.