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Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain by tanilama on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @02:18AM (#18804733)
What you described is exactly one form of 'business-friendly'. Unfortunately, it is logical. Big business brings big investment and hold a lot of employment under its umbrella. Small businesses might, on aggregated level, provided more jobs or tax revenue, but they don't have a single voice to represent their interests.

So I guess you are right, it is truly 'big-business-friendly', whether that is good or bad, I don't know.

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Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain by sverhagen on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @03:49AM (#18805000)
Business friendly often means giving big businesses tax breaks, which means that the government is seeing less of these big investements. May, instead, the lobbying power that big businesses can afford, have something to do with their power? I'll give you the employment argument, though.
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