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The reason it isn't 10, 20 or 70 is because this is an argument to reverse the 1978 and other copyright extension decisions and return the laws back to what they were.

Copyright term extensions are continually granted in the interests of the wealthy few, and not in the interest of the broader public.

The argument is summarized as "had congress not bent over in the face of lobbying influence this is what would be public domain today"




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