Josh Hawley wants to punish Disney by taking copyright law back to 1909 and that sucks

I can’t believe I’m taking Disney’s side on anything

I have been told to blog about Senator Josh Hawley’s

, and I do this with nothing but the greatest reluctance. Normally, I love talking about copyright! I’ll talk about copyright all day long!But writing this post is agony, because the thought of giving this absolutely asinine piece of legislation any attention is killing me on the inside., and an insult to the democratic process.

The bill would set copyright terms to 28 years for all works going forward. Except, that is, for the copyrights owned by the Walt Disney Company . The 28-year term would applySteamboat WillieThe 28-year copyright term is a throwback to the Copyright Act of 1909.

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