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Old 08-10-2009, 03:18 PM   #43
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The "shared culture" theme is why copyright was originally for a relatively short period (12 or 14 years, plus one renewal of the same duration, in the U.S.). That period has been shamefully extended, at the behest of large corporations, to a ridiculously long period. But that means the laws should be changed, not that everyone should become thieves.
I think it's very hard for a law to change when the regular people don't have the same amount of money as the corporations.
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