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Originally Posted by Daithi
I'm not sure what you mean by "Please don't judge the copyright systems of the entire world by the peculiar system that the US has adopted." I believe my criticism of countries that extend copyright protections, which have the affect of keeping works out of the public domain, is a valid criticism and is flaw affecting many nations and not just a pecuilar feature of the U.S. system.
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I meant that the US seems to be uniquely extending copyright terms to prevent
any new material from entering the public domain, largely (I understand) due to the lobbying of companies like Disney. I don't know of any other country which has done this. In pretty much every other country, new material enters the public domain, year on year, as one would expect it to.