RE:Congress has extended the Disney copyright (and others) from 50 to 70 years. I'm not sure of the details of this, but it seems silly to me.

its not just disney--all copyrights have been extended..

of course disney wants them, because it has hitched its wagon to the likes of MickeyMouse.. if any amusment park/entertainment group could feature Mickey or other disney characters, we could end up with Minnie goes down on pluto--XXX rated toons for adults!--something disney doesn't want--even though Walt is dead, and Micky is over 70 years old (and should have become a public domain character by now)

but its getting ridiculous. copyrights are to protect intelectual property.. Disney is dead. you can't libel the dead, and i don't think (works of) the dead should be able to copyrighted for extended period of time. Real property has to be handed over to someone..remember too, if you die, you insurance policy dies with you (ie, you car is no longer insured!--because you are no longer at risk--the policy is on the car, but issued to a person) why should 'intelectual property' be different?
(disney corporation argues differently)


my other obsession