“Copyright is a type of censorship—in this case, it suppresses the dissemination of books caught in the copyright ‘black hole’ as a result of the combination of copyright terms, the orphan works problem (which is a result in part of the lack of a requirement for copyright registration formalities and renewal requirements).”
http://c4sif.org/2013/07/how-long-copyright-terms-make-art-disappear/
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