I get a feeling that they will eventually reform some of the copyrights as pertaining to computers and related equipment (software, etc). The industry is still young and the DMCA is young too...only 9 years. 9 years is infantile in the world of legislature, if you think about it. It was revised in November 2006 and I think as old computers fade more into obscurity there will eventually come a time when something is done with it.

I'm not saying it will happen, but if vintage computers take off like vintage automobiles at some point there may be some lobbying for reform.

I would suggest that an initial copyright on software would last for 12 years. It would be renewable in incraments of 6 years, which could be done up to three times. This way you can never have anything lasting beyond 30 years, since almost nobody uses computers from 30 years ago for productive work. Just my two cents on what I'd suggest if they had a poll on the subject today.