Thread: How Long Should Copyright Last?
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Old 03-08-2011, 01:48 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by pietrocrazy View Post
Ok, so let's talk about a book published right now. You really think that it should never enter public domain? Not in 50 years, 100 years, 500 years? 500 years from now and beyond you think an author's descendants should still be profiting from their great-great-great-great-great-great......grandparent's work?
That's correct. Whoever holds the copyright gets to collect the profits.

Should a company like Disney go into public domain 70 years after the death of Roy Disney? He and his brother (Walt) built this company up and turned it into a valuable piece of property. Why should their work be allowed to be passed on forever and an author's work not?

Like I said, I make no distinction between physical and intellectual property.
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