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US copyright currently lasts 70 years after the death of the author, but has been expanded many times. A common trope says that these expansions were due to Disney wanting to protect Mickey Mouse's copyright. Is there any truth to that claim?

by /u/PokerPirate in /r/AskHistorians

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