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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing
I voted for the current death + 70 years. As someone who has copyrighted several works, I definitely want full rights to my creations for the entirety of my life. To think that a flat 25 or 50 years would suffice is unjust. I'd hate to see my work enter the public domain while I was still alive. Imagine if you built a house and 50 years later, you no longer had any right to hold the deed? Or to pass it on to your heirs? Horrible.
Although I admit that I am obscure and likely to remain that way, I can still dream that my creative efforts will create a legacy for my heirs. Even a modest legacy or even a tiny legacy is worth having.
I can't see where allowing copyrighted works to remain the possession of their creators harms anyone. The public domain will have its share in due time.
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Wait.
Books are not houses.
Your kids can keep every single ounce of paper those books are printed on for their whole life. Just like the house.
But, after you're no longer with us (somewhere in the next 200 years), I can write another book with the same story. Just like I can build another identical house.
If you give away your house, it's no longer yours.
If you give away a story, it's still yours. And it's mine. And it's Axel's....
