Several comments argue that democracy makes all the difference.  Why?<p><i>Theoretically</i>, the copyright law can be changed to limit it to 20 years.  In practice, it can't, despite the fact that more or less <i>everyone</i> who understands the issue and isn't either a lawyer or Disney employee agrees that it should be limited.<p>In some respects, the U.S. is a real democracy.  On this particular issue, voters have no say, because they can't vote directly on the issue.<p>I support copyright, just not the version that Disney bought.