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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Ok, I'm going to revise. 40 years from publish date OR until the authors death, whichever comes later.
This would provide plenty of ability for the author to get paid for his work. It would also allow for a very simple way of determining if a work was still copyrighted... you only need to answer two questions...
1. What was the published date?
2. Is the author still alive? (which can be hard at times to answer.)
(I answered 30 in the poll since 40 wasn't an option.)
BOb
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This is actually what I prefer, although I'd tend toward 50 years over 40.