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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree. I'm certainly not arguing for "perpetual copyright", but I think that a reasonable term after death is justifyable for the reasons I've previously stated (letting dependents carry on receiving income). Perhaps something like death + 25 years?
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The problem I and probably many others have, is that "death" is simply to vague. The result is death + X which is simply too conservative (in the mathematical sense).
Date of publication + X is far more concise. The only instance where a family wouldn't inherit copyright would be for an old work. This is fine by me for the reasons others have stated above (encouragement, etc).