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		rprospero on July 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Copyright Office Belongs in a Library You're right about the age of Snow White, but things aren't always that rosy for Disney. When they made a film from Kipling's The Jungle Book, that book was 73 years old. If Walt (who took strong personal interest in the project) felt comfortable making money by adapting a work that old to a new medium, why shouldn't I feel comfortable adapting his even older older works? (Yes, this is a Tu Quoque argument)

anigbrowl on July 24, 2015 [–]

Well, you should. I'm strongly in favor of rolling back the super-long copyright terms we have now eg to the longer of life-of-the-author or 50 years.

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