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Old 03-08-2011, 11:12 AM   #53
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The point of copyright, according to the US Constitution, is "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

I think copyright should last the author's life.
I think author's life or 75 years, whichever is greater. If an author should die prematurely, it's reasonable that his her immediate heirs still draw a benefit.
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