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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by acd on Thursday February 05, 2015 @09:57AM (#9003494)
I think there is some saying that copyright has always been extended whenever Disney Mickey mouse was about to expire.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25...

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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by jcl on Thursday February 05, 2015 @12:07PM (#9004363)
One thing I thought was particularly gutsy is that Disney started making The Jungle Book while the story was still under copyright, releasing it after the copyright expired:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/02485220325/disne...

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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by Eric_WVGG on Thursday February 05, 2015 @11:44AM (#9004182)
Yup, and it’s coming up again in three years.

I am hoping that we can put together some kind of grass-roots campaign to make this a major issue during the upcoming presidential election.

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