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Originally Posted by Kitabi
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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If you create something valuable, though, you are allowed to leave it to your heirs. If you wrote for a living, and had a family, wouldn't you want the royalty payments from your sales to go to your family after your death?
We can argue about how long copyright terms should be, but I have no problem with the fundamental principle of posthumous copyright.