I meant there was no benefit to society. Obviously there is a benefit to (some incredibly small percent of extremely successful) copyright holders (at the expen

I meant there was no benefit to society. Obviously there is a benefit to (some incredibly small percent of extremely successful) copyright holders (at the expense of everyone else.) Even Disney movies still would have been made if they only got the revenue of the first five years. The vast majority of movie's profits are made at the box office and then a few years afterwards.