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scarecrowbob on Jan 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Disney Freaks Out Over Patents That May Mean It Ca...

Hey now, they don't want infinitely long periods for intellectual property... they are for limited periods of "forever minus a day".

jivatmanx on Jan 5, 2013 [–]

Too obvious. It's easier to achieve this effect by doing what they're currently doing: Periodic extensions that apply retroactively.

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