Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Very likely. But there might be an admission that copyright length is obviously very important to a lot of people, and they'll be looking into legislation to support that awareness.
They might (hah, I can dream) say that they'll consider changing the US rules from L+70 to L+50. I'd love it if they just changed the corporate rules to "50 years after publication" instead of the current 95.
I don't think it matters much--I think the orphan/hostage works problem has gotten well-known enough that the media corps won't be able to get copyright extended, and in a few more years, The Mouse drops into the public domain. At that point, Disney has assured us, the apocalypse is upon us; all of Western civilization will explode into porn and riots. At least, that's the impression I got from their legal filings.
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