Not Comics: Julian Sanchez On Why Copyrights Have Long Terms

I suspect the notion that lengthy copyrights may protect newer works against awesome older works is more of an argument about an unintended consequence of other, more salient factors like Disney wanting to continue to profit than it is an argument for a likely driving force behind such laws. Still, it's an intriguing point of view. I believe that in most things, there's always a desire for new material; I have to imagine more people are watching Eureka on Hulu.com than there are folks catching up on old episodes of To Catch A Thief. That said, I think you can find echoes of a past-protectionist argument in comics without a lot of labor. For example, there may be an element of this worry that keeps the mainstream companies from going full-bore digital with their extensive back comics catalogs.

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