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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, there is; to provide an income for an author's dependants. The question is, though, how long after death is reasonable. Most people here probably feel that 70 years is too long.
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Harry, Please explain to me why copyright, separate from all other forms of human economic endevour, should allow the harvesting of money after death as part of it's existence. You can't get it from any form of labor, nor from patent. (We can quibble over trademark.)
Why are copyrights so
special?