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title: ""Thanks to the arcane and byzantine rules created by 11 copyright…"
date: 2015-11-05
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# "Thanks to the arcane and byzantine rules created by 11 copyright…

*November 5, 2015 · Facebook*

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[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151102/16255832697/copyright-terms-how-historical-journalism-is-disappearing.shtml](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151102/16255832697/copyright-terms-how-historical-journalism-is-disappearing.shtml){target="_blank"}
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\"Thanks to the arcane and byzantine rules created by 11 copyright term extensions in the years between 1962 and 1998, determining whether a work from any later requires consulting a flow chart from hell---the simple version of which, published by the Samuelson Clinic last year, runs to 50 pages.\" H/T @\[588732176:2048:Christine Peterson\]
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