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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I disagree that books in the public domain are simply turned into "porno novel" by new authors (really?), but I am also concerned about the availability of new books. And that's another benefit of shorter copyrights.
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I don't follow your logic there. How would a shorter copyright term affect the availability of a new book? A new book will always be protected by copyright, unless its author chooses to release it into the public domain.
For a new book, copyright protection will increase its chance of being published. No publisher is going to spend money publishing a book that anyone can simply take and freely copy.