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title: Copyright duration
date: "2002-02-20T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1423
description: I question whether copyright duration could finally be reduced from seventy years, looking for signs of hope in legal discussions about rolling back the lengthy terms that currently govern intellectual property.
keywords: [copyright law, intellectual property, copyright duration, public domain, legal reform, wired]
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Is there hope? Could the copyright duration be [brought down](http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50521,00.html) from 70 years?