Leader-Telegram; Our View: Copyright absurdity must come to an end
"It’s far easier to argue that today’s copyright laws are largely beneficial to corporations who don’t want the money from the merchandising spigot turned off. Those companies are the true beneficiaries of 95-year coverage.
Protecting authors and creators is one thing. Ad infinitum extensions for wealthy corporate interests are quite another. It’s time to end this nonsense. We’re not advocating a rollback of the current terms, but we do oppose further extensions.
Absurd laws create contempt for all laws, and the absurdity of the current copyright approach is clear. It should not be compounded."
