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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That is a bit harsh.
Human nature (generally) wants to get as much as you can as easily as you can. The Cartland estate is certainly milking their legacy for all it's worth and they hardly are the first or will be the last. If you own something you are perfectly free to exploit it.
The Puzo estate obviously thinks they have rights to exercise while Paramount thinks they don't. The available data doesn't prove either is wrong just as it doesn't prove either is right. For all we know, they both own chunks of the copyright.
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The argument for extending copyright beyond the life of the author was for the benefit of the family of the author. If it no longer serves that purpose, why is the extension necessary?