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That IP is sold overseas, so the USA has pushed very very hard to have copyright extended on other countries, presumably because it is a huge financial benefit to the USA (and indirectly to its citizens). Copyright extension is a non-negotiable item in a number of international agreements.

>>roboca+(OP)
This is really a big problem with copyright - most people don't even get to vote for or against it because whatever "democratic" laws there are are only formalizing trade agreements that would be too costly to violate that doing so is not even up for discussion.