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		brookst 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I genuinely don't understand why some people are s... How far back do you think copyright should extend? Is it perpetual, forever?

ses1984 11 months ago | | [–]

How short should it be? Two years? Two months?

brookst 11 months ago | | [–]

I wasn’t the one outraged at the “theft” of ancient works.

intrasight 11 months ago | [–]

Congress keeps extending it and I do not approve of that. I think 50 years is a reasonable length of time.

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