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Wuyouyuan · 03-10-2011, 12:41 AM

The Founding Fathers defined a 15 years copyright, with an additional 15 years if the publisher ask for it and the book is still in print. It seems to me a fair compromise. And if the author or publisher want a longer protection, they must make a new or improved book from the first text. Think of the actual law in France 70 years after author death: Levi Strauss famous book "Tristes tropiques" written 1955, the author died 2010, 100 years old; copyright to 2080, 125 years !

03-10-2011, 12:41 AM	#99
Wuyouyuan Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS650	Return to ancien law The Founding Fathers defined a 15 years copyright, with an additional 15 years if the publisher ask for it and the book is still in print. It seems to me a fair compromise. And if the author or publisher want a longer protection, they must make a new or improved book from the first text. Think of the actual law in France 70 years after author death: Levi Strauss famous book "Tristes tropiques" written 1955, the author died 2010, 100 years old; copyright to 2080, 125 years !