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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
The copyright is a GIVEN permission, not an ACQUIRED one. And it's a TEMPORARY right. Exactly like a CONCESSION (the right to exploit land, its gold, oil, diamonds, ores, gems etc.).
I think that the society will react somehow when the ratio burdens:benefits will become on the long term unbearable. In social organisation this is called revolution.
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It's going to be interesting since the copyright on Mickey is due to expire in approximately 4 years. While Mickey Mouse, the character, is covered by TM, so you won't suddenly see Mickey Mouse legally in porn flicks and Steamboat Willie isn't a particularly valuable film, Disney might try to extend copyright just to make sure none of their movies go into PD. Or they might wait for the more valuable such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves approaches PD after 2030.
IMPO, people are fine with copyright as long as companies don't start pushing the envelop more and more. If something like Star Wars verses Battlestar Galactica becomes the norm where similarities such as "The central conflict of each story is a war between the galaxy's democratic and totalitarian forces." is enough to trigger copyright protection, then that is going to cause major pain and push back. But of course, people being people, like the patent trolls, someone with money is going to eventually push the envelop.