It was not a thing in the past because Disney could buy politicians to extend patents, so every single time it was coming closer, they just went full lobby mode and got more years into the law. But now they are so broke after so many failures that they didn't even managed to do that.
I imagine pissing off a significant chunk of the politicians who could help extend your copyright probably also doesnt help. Not that they would say no, but probably that it would make them angry enough the money needed to make them dance is now too high.
That's a thing?! That's hilarious! This means you could potentially bankrupt these fuckers and save the original works at the same time.
It was not a thing in the past because Disney could buy politicians to extend patents, so every single time it was coming closer, they just went full lobby mode and got more years into the law. But now they are so broke after so many failures that they didn't even managed to do that.
I think you mean copyrights. Patents still expire in the lifetime of their creator, I think.
This is one of the reasons WD-40 was never patented--and why there are no generics.
A patent would require them to disclose how it's made.
I imagine pissing off a significant chunk of the politicians who could help extend your copyright probably also doesnt help. Not that they would say no, but probably that it would make them angry enough the money needed to make them dance is now too high.