Re:Lawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “W...
by colejohnson66 on Sunday April 17, 2016 @05:17PM
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> A bit of paperwork every ten years may be good enough for that.
Disney would then be able to keep their copyrights as long as they want. They have the money to purchase politicians, why wouldn't they be able to spend a few extra grand or so to file paperwork.
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Re:Lawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “W...
by slavik81 on Sunday April 17, 2016 @09:13PM
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There would be a limit on the number of renewals a work could have. Though, it's true that Disney would probably renew as many times as possible for all of its major works. The fact that the reform wouldn't seriously affect their business is a compromise to help make it more politically plausible.