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Originally Posted by crich70
Ah but I wasn't saying it should be indefinitely prolonged. I was replying to your post about how some claim copyright is to 'the public interest.' If you re-read my post it deals with making sure the actual author has the funds to survive so that he/she can continue to produce works.
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Ensuring that popular authors can continue to produce work
is in the public interest.
Copyright laws (like all laws) should always be about the public interest, not providing a secure income for a small subsection of society. Unfortunately, in many cases that's precisely what modern laws, especially in the US, are all about.