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Given Disney's successful lobbying history (see: Mickey Mouse Act for copyright extension), they might be one of the few organizations who could enact some chan
by elithrar 14y ago
Given Disney's successful lobbying history (see: Mickey Mouse Act for copyright extension), they might be one of the few organizations who could enact some change to the patent industry.
Whether those changes would be positive (for industries outside theirs) is another thing.
- officemonkey 14y agoHa. This is a one-time tactical move only. Their interest in everlasting patent reform is zero.
- scarecrowbob 14y agoHey now, they don't want infinitely long periods for intellectual property... they are for limited periods of "forever minus a day".
- jivatmanx 14y agoToo obvious. It's easier to achieve this effect by doing what they're currently doing: Periodic extensions that apply retroactively.
- sarvinc 14y agoBut then where would they get their stories from?
- miahi 14y agoThis is not about patents in general, it's just about patents that they don't own.