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Which is a retroactive change to the contract between author and society represented by the monopoly.  It's also a serious obstacle to keeping orphaned works in print.  Consider a minor classic like The World of Suzie Wong.  (This is a what-if example, not a real orphaned work.)  If the author cannot be found, the work cannot be republished or reprinted, whatever its value.  (I recall that Congress was considering laws to address this, but do not know if any were passed.)

ins out diary?

The point isn't that it's a century (or whatever) but that it is perpetually increased, which negates the intention on 'limited time'.

The US Constitution gives Congress the power to grant monopolies to the creators of works FOR A LIMITED TIME.  But that limited time is increased over and over again at the behest of Disney, creating a de facto perpetual monopoly.  SCOTUS refused to strike it down, but if the pattern continues, it might come before SCOTUS again, and if SCOTUS has four strong textualists or strict constructionists, the result might be different.  But that's years down the road.

Tarentella

Oh, c'mon!  Last time we saw Kirsey he SAID he was going after Melayne.  To save her.

The word 'lampshade' is used as a verb for naming things in ways that announce things.  For example, Girl Genius has villains with names like Lucrezia Mongfish and Zola Anya Telinka Zeblinka Malfeazium.  (I think I'm missing a middle name in there.)  You could have a lampshading contest.

Corra, I think your posting could be condensed into "My discussions with you, Charles, tend to decay into polemic.  I do not like to spend time in polemic, so I'm declining the discussion with you.  Please regard this as an apology if you need one."  Is this a fair summary?

Two US Navy ships and an American freighter?

Well, I'm using more than a few hundred words.  I fear that I will have fifteen to twenty pages of perambulation and self-discovery on Merran's part.  (I'm putting 600 to 800 words on a letter-sized page in shorthand, and I've got about four pages so far and still writing.)  And, lacking Tolkien's skill, my work is likely to read more like Bored of the Rings than Lord of the Rings.

So I keep plugging at it.  Amy, if you say I don't have enough description, I may strip every word of description out!  And if you complain I'm re-using words, I may ask you for the name of your favorite thesaurus.

Meanwhile, if you have a copy of That Hideous Strength lying about, go read the sections on the Objective Room.

If you say so guv'ner.