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Originally Posted by GA Russell
This is just in time for The Beatles, no doubt.
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I think that played a major roll. Just like protecting the interests of Disney played a major role in the U.S. extending copyrights several years ago.
Unfortunately, it also locks into obscurity millions of other works. Even well known authors like Isaac Asimov have the majority of their work unavailable except on the used book market (his non-fiction is really good). Now imagine all the books written by authors who aren't famous. We are losing this heritage in an effort to protect the commercial profits of large corporations.