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I've gotta stick my oar in....
What you are seeing is the endgame of corporate copyright control. Google decided they couldn't out-bri - excuse me, out-lobby Hollywood, to restore some sanity to the copyright. So they are doing what so many others have done over the last 60 years, attempt to achieve in the courts what they couldn't achieve in the legislature. Will they succeed? Who knows? So far, I think it's mostly flying under Hollywood's radar right now. If it stands, it would have implications for indie movies that are orphaned today, as well....
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