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While I'm a firm believer in copyright I do believe that current rules are extreme. No thanks to Disney. 95 years( for coporations ) or 70 years after the death of the creator? No doubt Disney will soon be pushing congress to extend that 95 years even longer since Steamboat Willie's copyright currently runs out in 2022. Current copyright law actually violates the US Constitution but unfortunatley the Congress, many Presidents and Supreme Court feel otherwise even though it's plain as day. What's ironic Disney built his empire on making movies based on works that fell out of copyright. If the same copyright laws now applied then over half his movies never would have been made.
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