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Originally Posted by HarryT
Perhaps the answer, then is to make corporate copyright last for the lifetime of the company (just as individual copyright lasts for the lifetime of the individual + "X" years). That way, Disney get to keep their Mouse, and the rest of the US gets sensible copyright terms.
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Yes, I had a similar idea. If Disney lost the the rights to the mouse, it would mean the loss of 10s of thousands of jobs, even 100's of thousands. Directly at Disney, but also at retailers, advertising companies, and at the factories that produce toys, etc for Disney (now the workers get paid well, if the Disney icon would become worthless then production would shift to low-end factories). A disaster for everybody, except for 99c stores and those sweatshop owners that have their employees work 60 hours each month at illegally low pay. Billions of dollars in value would be lost.
But unlimited copyright for books is a different story. The problem now is that the two are linked.