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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
. . . Copyright isn't a gift from society to creators, it has the functional purpose of benefiting society overall; it doesn't matter that the harm of a long copyright is less obvious, if there is no benefit to the public in having long copyright than it should be shorter as it is not serving its purpose . . .
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This is what I had in mind. Too often, when I see authors (and other creators) wringing their hands over the abuse of their imaginary property (IP,) I get the impression that they think copyright was created for their benefit.
rjb