[dr_petes]

Without sounding overly pessimistic, but I have the opinion that copyright laws were written and developed in a different era.

Finical interests, not the public’s, are to blame for the overly restrictive copyright laws.

[saulpw]

The original US copyright law was 14 years with a 14-year extension if the author was still alive. Certainly financial interest (Disney) is to blame for that incrementally becoming 70 years after the death of the author.

[happymellon]

> but I have the opinion that copyright laws were written and developed in a different era.

Unless I misunderstand what you are says, I'm pretty sure we had libraries throughout history.