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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
A nominal fee, say $50 isn't too much to ask to extend copyright.
Vampires have to have died to be vampires (with a special, one time exception for Morbius, the Living Vampire). And under my method, vampires would be protected as there's no rule against the undead renewing a copyright so long as they are recognized as citizens by their government 
Publication without the option to extend would cause the same mess we currently have. The problem is that Disney dares not let Mickey Mouse fall in to the public domain. As things are now, they will move heaven and Earth to make sure that doesn't happen by extending copyright for everything. |
I'm really not sure that the Mouse is nearly as important to Disney as it use to be. Sure for Disneyland and the parks, but it's been a long time since Mickey and company appeared on the big or little screen. What is more important to Disney is the old classic Disney flicks and when they come out of copyright. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is the oldest of these.