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		mensetmanusman on May 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... Copyrights on movies should not last longer than ‘copyrights’ of new drugs and technologies. 20 years?

loeg on May 5, 2020 [–]

Patents? 20 years from filing. But copyright is different and usually associated with lifetime of the author. Disney has... bastardized this with aggressive lobbying.

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