All so Disney can keep Mickey copyrighted...
Copyright terms should be reduced back to a maximum of 28 years. It's obscene that the entire music catalogue of the Beatles is still under copyright. Life+70 is simply irrational and unconstitutional. I really don't give a damn what the nasgul say about it.
I believe, that one thing, that the Founding Fathers ought to have place in our Constitution, is time limits ... for our limited government.
Because, without time limits, lawyers will find seemingly infinite excuses and “time” between any two characters of text.
One example of where time limits are needed, is in regard to the advice and consent of the Senate; history has shown us, that the Senate should have been given 2 or 3 weeks at the most, and if the President enters the Senate chamber and states the President’s purpose is to seek immediate advice and consent, then the Senate has only 2 or 3 hours. If the Senate cannot get its act together, then the Senate does not consent, simple as that.
Another example of where time limits are needed, is in regard to the total time that any government official can hold an office of any government agency. I favor 24 years maximum, and no retirement benefits unless 20 years are reached *in that agency* (meaning that time in various offices cannot be combined: ie “10 years in the F.B.I. cannot be combined with 10 years as a judge; and 8 years as President cannot be combined with 12 years as a Representative; and 6 years as a Senator cannot be combined with 14 years as a judge; etc.”).
Another example of where time limits are needed, is in regard to work as a law enforcement agent (sheriff, constable, police, district attorney, government agent and the like). Total time as an LEO should be 10 years at the most, followed by no retirement benefits other than medical approved by the duly-elected legislative body over the jurisdiction for the individual (ie case by case only, meaning, no blanket benefits for any group).