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Originally posted by Yakk
ObPedant: The government prevents anyone else from playing "The Simpsons go to New York". Fox chooses to prevent itself. So, technically, if the government didn't enforce the current infinite duration copywrite, one could eventually see "The Simpsons go to New York" even if Fox didn't want you to.
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I'm not entirely sure where you're going with this, but I have to add my two cents:
First, in the US, there is no "infinite duration copyright." Works copyrighted by an individual are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years, works copyrighted by a company are protected for 120 years. A long time, but finite.
Second, there's a difference between the protection of intellectual property, as in copyrights, and censorship. Copyright allows the creator of a work to control how and when and where it's disseminated. Censorship means that the government has that power.