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Originally Posted by Kitabi
I mean what yardstick do they use to come up with a number like 70 or 95 years after death? These numbers sound as random as 28 or 56 years to me.
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The last two (or is it three) laws extending copyright terms in the US have, purely by coincidence, of course, just happened to coincide with the first Mickey Mouse cartoon (Steamboat Willie, IIRC) being about to go in to the public domain.