Thread: Trans-Pacific Partnership to Increase Copyright Term in Six Nations
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Old 11-09-2015, 05:04 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
To be fair, one can see how an American might think this is obvious. Compare the UK and the US over the 20th Century.

UK
1900: 42 years or life+7, whichever is longer
1911: life+50
1996 (retroactive): life+70

US:
1900: 28 + 14 on renewal
1909: 28 + 28 on renewal
1976: life+50 or 75 years for corporate works
1998: life+70 or 95 years for corporate works

These changes have ensured that nothing published from 1923 onwards (and had its copyright renewed) has come into the US public domain.

Personally, I don't think that any such extension will happen. But I don't think it's unreasonable to think it might.
Currently, the Mouse goes out of copyright in 2023, if my calculations are correct (Steamboat Willie was released in 1928). I don't know about two years, but I would not be shocked if it's extended within 7 years.
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