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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
True, it won't. But eternal copyright would mean that also works being written now that aren't mere entertainment fluff, and that might become classics, could never be used the way our classics have been and are being used.
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Used in what manner? How does "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" address anything that couldn't have been accomplished by creating new characters interacting with zombies?
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As I said in an earlier post, if it was only the Mouse and the Marvel frigging cinematic effing universe, they can choke on eternal copyright for all that I care. But their eternal copyright would drag everything down with it.
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Then make eternal copyright selective. Since most laws are arbitrary to begin with, exempt the Mouse and move on. It's very doable. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition.
FTR, I'd support partial eternal copyright as a partial victory only.