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Old 03-08-2011, 03:32 AM   #29
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Yes, what I meant was things that were once published commercially and well admired by the market, and then one day the rights holder says, "I don't want that to be copied anymore."

Under perpetual copyright, what would happen to those works? Gone forever?

The problem of "orphaned works" is a very real one, and is an excellent argument against "perpetual copyright". I would certainly not favour perpetual copyright for that very reason.
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