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Old 08-20-2013, 12:41 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
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.
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.
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