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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Copyright should last as long as the copyright holder wants it to last; as long as the copyright is renewed every "x" number of years (around 10 years or so). Failure to do so will send the work to the public domain.
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This is what I think, too, though I would allow longer renewal terms--say, 50 years initially and 25 years per renewal. This kind of scheme would allow an entity like Disney to keep control of Mickey et al. forevever while letting a lot of other material fall into public domain.