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Well, personally, I think the old way copyrights worked was better (small fixed amount, then having to re-new for another small, reasonable amount).
I mean, if you didn't re-new it, there was probably a reason for it. No one was really interested in paying to read it.
And so a lot of stuff that people would never pay to re-read eventually finds a new audience, people who are well, cheap and want to read for free.
It does no good for anyone to have their work lost forever. Not in print because no one wants to buy it, not available online because ridiculous copyright laws.
This is a good case. Poul Anderson is still remembered, but probably only for his Flandry and whatever league stuff. His other works (like this), not so much. Especially as this was the original form, serialized, not the novel version. Often there is a difference.
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