Reply #38: And what about the absurd copyright term extensions? [View All]

[Kievan Rus]

Do we really need to have life plus seventy? THAT is what I'm primarily referring to...and the term extensions were done solely to benefit Korporate Amerika; Disney and $cientology were among the two main advocates of the term extension from first 56 years to life plus fifty, and then again to life plus fifty to life plus seventy.

Our culture sure as hell flourished back when it was just fifty-six years. Hell, it was still just 56 years back in the 1970s...and many classic movies like Network, Jaws, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, the Godfather, Rocky were released. In this decade, it's life plus seventy...and every other movie or TV show is a remake or a spinoff. Length of copyright terms has nothing to do with whether creaters will create or not...because quite frankly, it was better back when it was shorter.