>In my opinion, the lack of defense of broad copyright infringement from 1920-1980 should be grounds for copyright invalidation. This is one of the strongest a

>In my opinion, the lack of defense of broad copyright infringement from 1920-1980 should be grounds for copyright invalidation. This is one of the strongest arguments against automatic copyright renewals. If a copyright holder wants the full term offered to them under the law, they should have to affirmatively exercise that right (preferably at some non-trivial cost).