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odiakkoh · 07-13-2012, 02:58 AM

I think life+50 is a bit too long but 28 years seem a bit too short to me. The life expectancy during the times of our founding fathers was 35-40 years so 28 years made sense. You wrote something as an adult and the copyright pretty much expired when you did.

07-13-2012, 02:58 AM	#4
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	I think life+50 is a bit too long but 28 years seem a bit too short to me. The life expectancy during the times of our founding fathers was 35-40 years so 28 years made sense. You wrote something as an adult and the copyright pretty much expired when you did.