Re:Sci Hub repository torrents of scientific papers
by icebraining on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:40AM
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No, it's not, that Act doesn't extend copyright terms. Those works are already protected until 2067 (144 years, for some of them). The Act changes the type of protection they receive during that term, specifically meaning that streaming services will always have to pay royalties for using those songs, rather than that being decided depending on state law.
And yet, Congress is now trying to extend copyright to 144 years.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/18/us_congress_copyrig...