[Update: Disney CEO apologizes, will personally donate] Berkley elementary school fined $250 for showing latest version Lion King at PTA fundraiser

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I think there's a balance that has to be struck. In many applications, IP results for a process that requires substantial investment, innovation, and creativity/inspiration. Failing to protect that isn't good for innovation or the consumer.

But the pendulum can clearly swing too far the other way and IP becomes stifling. I don't think the foundation of US IP law contemplated some of the near-perpetuities (in the name of profits) that are being allowed under current law.