Thread: If you had a vote for copyright?
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Old 01-17-2012, 06:13 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I think it was businesses that managed to get things changed. Just like they've kept on doing so until we now have life+70. This means that gives Disney lawyers some time to figure out how to get it changed to life+"some ungodly amount of time".

As things stand, Disney gets to keep Mickey Mouse until December 16th, 2036. On that date, all of Walt's creations become public domain.
Depending on how it was done, not all of his work may be up then. If some of Disney's works were copyrighted as done by the corporation and by Walt himself, it could potentially be even longer.

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
That's so true; and while I lose on my definition of property, I win with extended copyright laws. Though I'm not happy with these short terms, I can live with it.
Life+70, or 120 years for corporations, is short?
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