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1. Sean R. Lynch ☑️ (seanl@social.literati.org)'s status on Sunday, 20-May-2018 23:10:09 EDT Sean R. Lynch ☑️

   We make it so an intervening election has to pass before Congressional raises can take effect. Let's make it so any copyright extension can only apply to new works.

   Besides, isn't it ex post facto law?

   1. Sean R. Lynch ☑️ (seanl@social.literati.org)'s status on Monday, 21-May-2018 12:28:13 EDT Sean R. Lynch ☑️

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      By "ex post facto law" what I mean is that when the person created the work, they were obviously sufficiently incentivized by the copyright protection that was already being granted. Extending copyright on existing works obviously can't incentivize something that already happened.

      1. Sean R. Lynch ☑️ (seanl@social.literati.org)'s status on Monday, 21-May-2018 12:29:27 EDT Sean R. Lynch ☑️

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         In fact, we're actually *reducing* the value to the world of already-existing works, while providing *no* additional value to the creator of the work because copyright already extends past the creator's death.