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As someone who is not aware of the deliberations and lobbying that went behind these laws, I am rather fascinated by these numbers.
I mean what yardstick do they use to come up with a number like 70 or 95 years after death? These numbers sound as random as 28 or 56 years to me.
Most of us working stiffs stop getting paid once we die or retire. So, why should a copyright exist after death? On the contrary, if you believe that creativity must be rewarded or if you are plain greedy, why not a perpetual copyright?
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