Weren&#x27;t there also thousands of tariffs removed? The economic advantages of that might outweigh any loses from tighter copyright, and I suspect was the carrot the US used to get all the copyright concessions. Everyone wants to export to the US but the US is traditionally too protectionist.<p>Looking on the bright side of copyright. You never have to use somebody else&#x27;s copyright work. You can always just make your own if you really want. Using somebody else&#x27;s is just easier but not obligatory. See the popularity of open source software as a recourse against copyright restrictions on the commercial equivalents.