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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
You have a point, but.
Are we to believe that authors would be saying to themselves " I guess I better not write another book, if I'm only going to collect on it for thirty years."
Luck;
Ken
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Are you saying that some won't? A few authors, painters etc. have only gained popularity long after their death. Some even because of their death. They have had no time to profit from their work, and their families have had no benefit either.
I have a question for all.
How many have been waiting impatiently for 29 years for a specific work to become public domain. And why have you been waiting? If for example the book cost $100 in 1983, and you saved a nickel a day, you could buy it in under 5.5 years. A quarter a day in slightly over a year. If the book cost 6.95 which was typical, in just over 2 years a penny a day would do it. I guess I lack the mental stamina and innate thriftiness needed to wait 30 years to save a penny or even a quarter a day so 50 would seem no different.
Helen