Thread: Duration of copyright poll.
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:49 AM   #150
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Originally Posted by axel77 View Post
Actually its the opposite, since any death+X clause gives IMHO authors a right no one else in our society has, that is the value of your work be determined by your life expectations.

Of course orphans don't starve, but say someone wrote 20 years of his/her life on a to become bestseller, and the day after the s/he gave the final copy to the publisher s/he dies of any cause you may imagine for that story. Why should it be fair, that this work is suddendly free? And the kids get nothing? Especially if say he daugther financed all the 20 years, believing in her mother, that what she does is something really worthwhile and paid for her rent&food&extra.

I really don't get it in my head, why the exact point of death of the author should make any casual influence on the work...
OK.
Now I've got your point.

And, honestly, I can give with it, being itself much better than what we have now.
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