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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
As I said before, the length of time copyright lasts is a totally separate and different issue to the question of whether or not copyright should exist in the first place.
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At this point, it looks like copyrights are rolling towards infinite time. Everyone believes that the Disneys of the world will just keep getting them extended. The issue of what is a sensible copyright duration doesn't seem to be important among the lobbyists and lawmakers. If so, the only discussion left is whether copyright, with a practically infinite duration, is good or not. I think this is bad, because many of the people who would support a moderate duration are going to find themselves in the "copyright is not good" camp. This is a good place for the Princess Leia quote: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."