[Hellmark]

I personally think there should be copyrights with some longer length, but I think it should be limited to the creator's life span some how. I mean, how many copyrights are still in effect where the creator, their kids, and even their grandkids have grown old and died? Look at Disney. He's got his great grandkids around, and he's been dead for 45 years, and his copyrights still have years left on the copyright (2023 for Steamboat Willie, unless gets extended again).

One of the worst things an artist can experience, is having others use your works without permission, and especially if for a profit. It makes you feel a loss of control, because you've spent all this time creating something and making it exactly how you want it, only to then have your desires ignored. Also, as been mentioned many times before around here, is to promote further creations by giving the creator exclusive rights to their past works so they can profit and afford to make more. Ok, if the creator is dead, will whoever inherits the copyright use them to further creation, or will they continue on with their life as is, and use what ever money they get to further their established life path? In my mind, Life + 10 or Life + 20, would be sufficient, since that would give enough time for the person who inherits the works to respect the wishes of the creator, such as if the creator was attempting to do something when they died (which is a common thing, most creators keep on until death). By having it a relatively short time after death, others still get the benefit of the work in the public domain.