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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
If you look at Pdurrant's bet thread, I have a 1/2 oz of gold riding on this. . . (And that is only that there will be an <attempt> to extend it, not that it would be successful.)
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This doesn't strike me as a particularly bold prediction. Many bills are introduced, but few pass:
113 Congress
January 3, 2013 - January 2, 2015
10,637 bills and resolutions introduced
663 passed resolutions
296 enacted laws
Source:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics
I'll be surprised if there isn't a lobbyist trial balloon ginning up outrage over the books entering the US public domain in 2019 while remainng under EU copyright. I'll just be more surprised if it succeeds.