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		intrasight on March 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I genuinely don't understand why some people are s... The big boys can also get away with stealing all the copyrighted material ever created by human beings.

brookst on March 28, 2025 [–]

How far back do you think copyright should extend? Is it perpetual, forever?

ses1984 on March 28, 2025 | | [–]

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

brookst on March 28, 2025 | | | [–]

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

intrasight on March 28, 2025 | | [–]

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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