Disney and Copyright

Over the years, copyright laws seem to have been getting more and more strict and serious. Today, it seems that copyright laws are getting too far, but is it a good idea to be taking these laws to the next level?

                Take Disney for example. One of the most famous corporations in the entire world. Disney has created and used millions of songs, clips, movies, shows, et cetera, and the company's first original characters, songs, and shows are starting reaching the age where their copyrights will no longer exist. Since their copyright will soon expire, anyone will be able to get the right to characters such as Mickey Mouse, and the first person to get it, gets it, which means that Disney has a very small chance of getting the rights to their own characters after the copyrights expire.

                Because of the soon to expire copyrights of Disney, the corporation is trying to extend the copyright laws to 150 years instead of the usual 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation (whichever comes first) so they have longer rights to their own creations.

                In my opinion, this may be a good thing, but it is kind of pointless if you think about it. What is 30 extra years going to help them with if their copyrights will expire eventually anyways? I feel that Disney should just take a risk, like they will have to eventually, leave the copyright laws as they are, and try their best to get their rights back as soon as they expire.  Even if they don't get their rights back first, I'm sure they have enough cash to buy them back from whoever it may be who got them first.