>>9027The Disney corporation is the one that
lobbied bribed politicians in the US to keep extending the duration of the copy-monopoly imposition for the ridiculous duration of
70 years
95 years
and in some cases 120 years.
Some of the relevant legislation is unofficially refered to as the Mickey Mouse act.
I don't know much about the politics involved in the DMCA.
This is probably a good source for that:
https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca