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Finally, opponents describe the purpose of the public domain as allowing free access, so that copies may be made and distributed without limit, whether high or low in quality. This argument begs the question of whether increased dissemination of high-quality copies will in fact occur if copyright is extended, to the benefit of the public.
3 . Balance of trade
The extension of copyright term should also improve the United States' balance of trade. Opponents assert that the effect of extension on the balance of trade is not clear, and needs to be further investigated. Today, however, the volume of U.S. copyrighted works exploited in Europe far outweighs the volume of European works exploited here. This has been true for decades, and there is no reason to believe that the situation will change in the foreseeable future. One can therefore predict that more income will flow into the U.S. from Europe during the extra 20 years of protection than will flow out to Europe. This is certainly true of motion pictures. The American movie industry has captured the imagination of the public around the world, and dominates the global motion picture market.
A positive balance of trade is good for the American public as a whole. Again, it may be seen as furthering the constitutional purpose of copyright in an indirect sense: more resources will be available to authors and other copyright owners for further creation (and without financial expense to the U.S. public) . These resources from abroad can help to nourish a broad array of strong and flourishing domestic copyright industries.
4 . International standardization
On an international level, the proposed extension will bring U.S. law into line with the law of many of our major trading partners, the members of the European Union. Opponents point out that life plus 70 is not yet the generally accepted international standard. Nevertheless, with the E.U. taking this major step, the longer term may prove to be the wave of the future .
Standardizing the term of copyright around the world would benefit the American public and further the fundamental purpose of copyright by facilitating international transactions in copyrighted works. With differing terms, the same work might be protected in one country and not in others, causing difficulties