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Old 12-29-2011, 06:51 AM   #64
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
As a counter argument, Hans, I'd suggest that there are far more people making money from producing and selling different editions of Dickens's work now than there were when the book protected by copyright. So, does society benefit from the fact that Charles Dickens's work is in the public domain? Yes, I think it does.
Then there's absolutely no reason for copyright to extend beyond death.
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