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Old 12-18-2016, 03:06 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
I think it's safe to say that both parties are mostly on the side of the content providers. For example, the TPP and other treaties have been trying to force every country to have their copyight term be at least life+70, even though the Berne Convention only says life+50.
I doubt it's a party thing so much as content providers getting their hooks into politicians and bureaucrats in both parties. I doubt there is much lobbying from the other side of the equation, so the politicians see very little downside to accepting the campaign contributes.
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