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Original copyright laws were 21 years since first publication and made a lot of sense in a time when copies were costly to make.

They became increasingly stupid, going in the wrong direction long time after copies were basically free and this was because of American right holder's lobbying efforts.

I am well aware that places like Hollywood started as havens with lax enforcement of IPs. They seem to have forgotten that though and have been pushing very hard for destroying the kind of environment that made them possible.




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