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What if I die young and have small children? My intent SURELY would be to provide for them. Make it PD too early and those kids could end up on government welfare, when in fact, a parent had the means to provide for them...until that parent died...and copyright expired. I really believe that was the original intent of life Plus. It didn't/doesn't necessarily have to be life plus 70 (as that would be most of the adult life of the child) but what a horrific nightmare for a parent to imagine that her books/income would not be used to support her 3 year old daughter after she died.
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You know, before I started frequenting MobileRead I had no idea that being an author was such a high risk career. Half the justifications I have seen on here for life+x copyright are a variation on "but what if the author dies young".
I must admit I have no claims to be an author. In my time, mostly as a student, I have worked construction on a concrete gang, sometimes 30 odd storeys in the air, as a truck driver, a motor bike courier, a house/furniture removal labourer, a warehouseman and a short time on a production line. However I am relieved that when I eventually chose a profession I decided my talents lay in a direction which doesn't seem to carry such risks of early demise.
