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Re:Steam Removes Game 'Order Of War: Challenge' From User Li... by rmc on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @08:46AM (#6990378)
Copyright reform has been vigorously opposed by Big Media and mostly successfully so far

Actually no. Big Media is very much in favour of copyright reform (such as extending the period of copyright) if it benefits them. They are very opposed to copyright reform that benefits the customer/little guy.

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Re:Steam Removes Game 'Order Of War: Challenge' From User Li... by Avenger42 on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @09:43AM (#6990620)
That's not "reform", that's "keep everything the same except the numbers".
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Re:Steam Removes Game 'Order Of War: Challenge' From User Li... by rmc on Thursday January 09, 2014 @04:38PM (#7033443)
But reducing copyright term to (say) 20 years would be "just changing a number", but I'd regard it as a reform.
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