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[zizee]

And how much do they spend lobbying in order to cheat their way out of releasing their works into the public domain?

[rayiner → zizee]

Probably very little. The feeling in the wind seems to be that copyright should never end. And why should it? Other property rights don't end.

[zizee → rayiner]

Because Intellectual Property is fundamentally different from Physical Property?

Society grants IP rights as an exchange. Exclusive access granted for a period of time to allow people to profit from their work - then it goes public domain so that society is enriched in turn.

[tptacek → zizee]

I don't think Disney needs to do much lobbying to protect their copyright on _Brave_.

[zizee → tptacek]

You are right, they didn't spend a cent on lobbying to protect Brave. They'd already bought and paid for their extensions across all their works already, now and into the future. Pretty good investment that.