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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I think that most people agree that there should be a copyright for x amount of years. And I think also that most people agree that this copyright can be extended beyond the death of the author. But why bind the copyright to the life of the author, instead of the life of the book? Even if an author writes a book in his teens, if the copyright age isn't changed, only the start date, he'll still have a steady income till he's probably dead or at least reached a high age...
The question wouldn't be: when did the author die, but rather, when was the book first published. How many books would fall out of copyright then?
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Personally, I completely agree with you. I'd be entirely happy to see, say, a 30 year copyright term from the date of initial publication. Unfortunately, though, that's not the way it is.