People, there will be no last minute change. Disney is evil, not stupid. Even in a more efficient Congress, they couldn't wait this long. There is no secret plan that can sneak through another copyright extension. The House can barely elect a Speaker without it being a national embarrassment. They adjourned for the year leaving open questions for funding Ukraine and Israel. Disney also had a big fight with DeSantis this past year, and Republicans would love to block their effort merely out of spite.

I said five years ago that it was too late already. I was basing that off a 2016 Corey Doctorow article--the same guy who recently popularized the term "enshittification"--where he points out that Disney got what they want with Trademark law. They don't need to protect Steamboat Willy anymore.

Now, in that article, Doctorow did think they would extend copyright, anyway. That hasn't happened. It looks like Disney looked at the fight over Net Neutrality and decided they didn't need to spend the time, money, and public image to make it happen. The Internet wasn't mobilized for this sort of thing in the 90s when they last extended copyright. That isn't true anymore. They would have to have a fight, and they declined.