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mivox - 1:02 am on Oct 24, 2002 (gmt 0)
It was originally author's life +20 years, if I'm not mistaken. I think Disney may have been the ones who got the baseline expanded to +70 years in the first place. But then you hear about manufacturing operations in China, for instance, that duplicate software and music CDs in full violation of US copyrights... what can be realistically done about that, if their gov't refuses to recognize the validity of US/Int'l copyright law? (Other than trade sanctions, etc.)
Disney is well known for lobbying for extensions and exceptions to the rule for Mickey Mouse, etc., and of course their efforts will invariably impact the status of other intellectual property...