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Old 03-08-2011, 10:44 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
I like the lifetime + X approach. Lifetime because the author who created the work should have control of it in the author's lifetime, especially for purposes of extending series or writing sequels. "Plus X" so that whoever buys the rights isn't risking that they become public domain if the author is hit by a car next week.
lifetime + X isn't necessary for the reasons given here. X or lifetime is just as good.

* Creator retains control during lifetime
* Anyone buying rights knows how long the rights are likely to last. (If the author /is/ hit by a car next week, the rights still last X from whenever they were first published.)

lifetime + X is bad because it leads to very excessively long copyrights, and lots of orphan works.
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