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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Striker" data-source="post: 272031" data-attributes="member: 6694"><p>This is why copyright law needs reform.  The term lengths are insane and contrary to what the Founding Fathers (at least here in America) envisioned.  To encourage creativity and innovation, yes, you give the creator a limited term to exploit the rights.  Congress initially gave creators one 14-year term, plus another 14-year term if they paid a renewal fee.  That's it.  After that it's supposed to lapse into the public domain so others can build on and expand on the original expression.  More creativity! More innovation!  After 28 years, anyone should have been free to make a better Pinbot.  But sadly, due to entertainment business lobbying the term is up to ridiculous lengths, anywhere from 70 to 120 years or even more (life of the author + 70 years).</p></blockquote><p></p>

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