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I think it should last forever anyway, so that's an easy one for me. I think others have mentioned here something similar, but none of us can turn up at someone's luxury villa on the Algarve 70 years after it was built, and say to the residents' 'clear out, folks, it's ours now', yet we can do this with books (based on the authors' demise, not the age of the book itself). And digressing slightly, did you know that for recorded music, the artists and writers don't even have to have passed on? All that is currently needed is 50 years to elapse since release, bang, you can take it, repackage it to your hearts delight, and sell it. That is why you see those endless compilations of all the artists from the 50s and further back; the makers of these don't need permission and they don't have to pay anyone for rights. Now things may change soon, but you know why don't you? Four moptoppy chaps from Liverpool have singles and albums rapidly approaching the 50 year mark. The industry, especially EMI, know what they will lose out on if the law doesn't finally change in their favour. Digressing in a way, but, still in the same tent at the county show.
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