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If you are going to take the attitude that copyright should be infinite, then to be consistent then you will also have to take the position that patents should be as well. The consequences of that would be quite ugly.
Since all creative work is based on previous work, all works would become derivative works. You would not be able to create anything new without paying royalties to the original copyright holder. I suggest that those in favour of infinite copyright read Spider Robinson's Melancholy Elephants.
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