top | item 38579444 (no title) dr_petes | 2 years ago Without sounding overly pessimistic, but I have the opinion that copyright laws were written and developed in a different era.Finical interests, not the public’s, are to blame for the overly restrictive copyright laws. discuss order hn newest saulpw|2 years ago The original US copyright law was 14 years with a 14-year extension if the author was still alive. Certainly financial interest (Disney) is to blame for that incrementally becoming 70 years after the death of the author. happymellon|2 years ago > but I have the opinion that copyright laws were written and developed in a different era.Unless I misunderstand what you are says, I'm pretty sure we had libraries throughout history.
saulpw|2 years ago The original US copyright law was 14 years with a 14-year extension if the author was still alive. Certainly financial interest (Disney) is to blame for that incrementally becoming 70 years after the death of the author.
happymellon|2 years ago > but I have the opinion that copyright laws were written and developed in a different era.Unless I misunderstand what you are says, I'm pretty sure we had libraries throughout history.
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happymellon|2 years ago
Unless I misunderstand what you are says, I'm pretty sure we had libraries throughout history.