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Shouldn't there be a time limit on Mickey's copyright?

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imageWhen should a work go into public doman?Copyright image via www.shutterstock.com

In 1998, the U.S. Congress passed the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 (CTEA). CTEA expanded on the Copyright Act of 1976 by retroactively extending all existing copyrights by 20 years.

So instead of the steady entry into the public domain of works whose copyrights...

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