even after making big bucks from stories like finocchio that they got for free. >> stories like snowte alice in wonderland they were taken from the public domain. when it came time for the copyright of disney films to expire they lobbied to have it the term of copyright extended from 75 years to 95 years. john: so this is now free to copy if they hadn't gotten her special deal and now they control this until the year 2032. so i don't know, seven years after my death that i should own this thing. >> they don't have the right to distort this for 95 years. but what they have the right to is their expression of it. the story of snow white is an ancient german math. and you can do a story of any kind that you want that involves a bitter queen, a meter and a poison apple. just as leonard bernstein -- but not for those basic elements. dislike shakespeare could not have sued leonard bernstein for coming up with west side story. which is the same basic story as romeo and juliet. john: you would argue that this is a cronyism scan to get it extended? >> yes, just because they will not win in co