Until we can remove the leverage that intellectual property holders currently have, they will fight ruthlessly to retain 'their' property. Compare the economic

Until we can remove the leverage that intellectual property holders currently have, they will fight ruthlessly to retain 'their' property. Compare the economically optimum copyright length (http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/07/research-optimal-copyright-term-is-14-years.ars http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/07/research-optimal-...) with the actual changes in length within the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_term.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_term.svg). This increase in terms coupled with the ease of patent filing surely is purely marginal decision making.