Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versions

Re:Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk ... by sidewndr46 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:24AM (#32449229)

While I'm inclined to agree with you because everything you are saying is logical it doesn't pan out when I consider the history of it. If "Steamboat Willie" is not so important, then why were such herculean efforts pulled out to extend copyright?

I've lived basically my whole adult life dealing with this. Works never entering the public domain because of this copyright extension nonsense. Even college professors seem to think copyright is eternal. I had to argue with one that no, I do not need a textbook for a 19th century work. I can just read it on project Gutenberg or anywhere I want.

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Re:Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk ... by kmeisthax on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:02PM (#32452206)

Because of the Brussels Effect.

The EU wanted a single copyright term for their single market, so they picked the member state with the longest term (Germany), made that the EU-wide standard, and then put in a reciprocal extension clause basically designed to force America to go life+70.

At the time Disney was pushing hard into the European market[0] and having uniform copyright rules between two major trading blocks would be a huge boon to them. Keeping the mouse slightly more under their thumb than it could have been otherwise was just a bonus.

[0] Even when it was losing them billions of dollars, such as with the EuroDisney debacle

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Re:Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk ... by sidewndr46 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:47PM (#32453642)

OK, that I definitely was not aware of. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.

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