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Originally Posted by Harmon
As a practical matter, any novel published today will not go out of copyright until everyone who is alive today, dies. That's not "eternal," but it might as well be.
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I suspect that most people don't actually have an issue with copyright extending for an author's lifetime; the question is how far after the author's death - if at all - should it extend. I certainly wouldn't expect to be able to get a book published within my lifetime for free.