A historical examination of copyright law indicates a continued expansion of protected rights and continued reduction of the rights of works that remain in the public domain.

对著作权法的历史考察表明，它代表了被保护权利的 持续扩张，以及相应的在作品中作为公共领域 部分的 持续减少。

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Yet the very solution that had been adopted for Japan's macroeconomic problem after its stock- and property markets crashed in 1990, a big expansion of public-works spending, ended up making reform harder.

ECONOMIST: It deserves, for Japan's sake, to be rewarded