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Originally Posted by pdurrant
This is one of those rare occasions where I agree with you - I think it would be reasonable to not only reduce the maximum copyright length, but also to introduce a requirement to renew copyright after a certain length of time in order to keep it.
However, given that the Berne convention explicitly prohibit a requirement to register works for copyright, I don't see any prospect of a renewal requirement being introduced anywhere.
The best we can hope for is a return to the Berne convention minimum of life+50.
[Edit: I just saw your idea of requiring registration for copyright length > life+50. I'd prefer to just see copyright length reduced to the Berne minimum.]
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Paul, Politics is the art of the possible. If the Mouse House has to keep it copyrights, no matter what, let them pay and keep them. I'm thinking about all those "orphaned works", hoping to let them in the PD without further extensions. Make Mickey pay for releasing those orphan works. . .