Thread: Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
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Old 01-24-2012, 08:38 AM   #102
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
Margaret Mitchell's been dead for 62, almost 63 years. It's ridiculous that Gone With the Wind should still be in copyright, but thanks to that blasted mouse it is.
Disney didn't have all that much to do with it. After all, Europe went to Life + 70 several years before the US without Disney lobbying anyone. CTEA was also subjected to SCOTUS scrutiny, which did not find the extension to be unconstitutional.

Humanity has also survived just fine without free copies of Gone With the Wind, and copyright did not prevent such things as Carol Burnett parodying it.

I do agree that Life + 70 is a bit too long, but it's not that big a deal.
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