Thread: Petition to reduce US copyright to 28 years
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Old 07-13-2012, 09:20 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by odiakkoh View Post
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.
If you're not good enough to make money in 28 years, why should you be granted by law to try longer?
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