>Those abusive copyright laws that keep shit out of the public domain? Those were payments made to Hollywood in exchange for positive propaganda.
Seems unfair to not mention that the US here was aligning with the Bernie convention[0] (life + 50 years, Copyright Act of 1976[1]) and then latter aligning with European countries[2] (+70 years "Mickey Mouse Protection Act"[3]). Seems like something that might happen without any payments for propaganda. Also, I don't want to watch a 2 hour YouTube video, so maybe you can leave a link for the specific point about the US exchanging copyright extension for propaganda. Not even sure what propaganda would even be needed in 1998 - there were no wars, no China or USSR, no 9/11. Somehow I doubt the YouTube video will mention these points either.
Seems unfair to not mention that the US here was aligning with the Bernie convention[0] (life + 50 years, Copyright Act of 1976[1]) and then latter aligning with European countries[2] (+70 years "Mickey Mouse Protection Act"[3]). Seems like something that might happen without any payments for propaganda. Also, I don't want to watch a 2 hour YouTube video, so maybe you can leave a link for the specific point about the US exchanging copyright extension for propaganda. Not even sure what propaganda would even be needed in 1998 - there were no wars, no China or USSR, no 9/11. Somehow I doubt the YouTube video will mention these points either.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1976
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Duration_Directive
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act