With mock defensiveness Gwen shot back, "You were the one who wanted to discuss Student Council politics, that is boring enough when it's your own school, I can't imagine how dull it is when it is someone else's. That's where we lost him.""Touche," Cassie acknowledged the point."Anyway," Gwen began, rolling her eyes at her friend, "We were discussing copyright. Mickey Mouse, at least the Steamboat Willie version, became public domain this year. Cassie thinks the status quo is good. I think it's a bit excessive. What about you?"Parker hedged a bit, "I guess I'm not that familiar with it, you guys doing a school project or something?""You know, people can be interested in things outside of school," Cassie said."Fair enough, so what is the status quo?", Parker asked."Author's life time plus 70, or 95 years for work for hire, more or less," Cassie explained."Wow, that's a long time.""Exactly," Gwen jumped in, "the purpose of a copyright was to make sure the author could make a liv
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