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Re:The Copyright Clause Restoration Act [pdf] by nybble41 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:23PM (#31343859)
The dubious part isn't the 28+28 year copyright term for new works, but rather the part where they penalize a single organization (not named, but the criteria only includes Disney) by shortening only its copyright terms for existing works when everything else is grandfathered in. This is, arguably, a bill of attainder—punishment by legislative fiat without judicial process—which the Constitution specifically prohibits.

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