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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by craig8128
I really do think that copyright law in the USA is broken badly. IMHO, copyright should last until the author's death.
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Why copyright and not other forms of property? By this logic, we might as well say that when you die, all of your property goes to the state rather than to your heirs. |
Physical property is one thing, but when it comes to Intellectual Property, why is it that authors get life plus many decades, when inventors can only patent their inventions for 17-20 years, non-renewable?
(This is another reason why I don't see copyright laws as equivalent to what's morally fair.)