I see DRM and copyright length as separate problems.
DRM can be (& is) applied to public domain works. However, I expect DRM to die because of costs and inconvenience to customers.
But there seems to be no limit to the length of copyright that lobbyists will ask for.
It might be that the US will never see any more works enter the public domain.
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Originally Posted by NormHart
Ah, thanks p (it is alright to call you p isn't it?) I should have thought to check that.
Isn't DRM a direct outgrowth of copyright? E.G. a means to enforce copyright and therefore restricting or reversing copyright growth necessarily means restricting or reversing DRM utilization?
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