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Originally Posted by HarryT
Some people certainly seem to be suggesting that it's somehow immoral for money to continue to be earned after the death of someone who creates something. Should the same apply in all walks of life? Should a person's heirs be prohibited from gaining any benefit from a person's work after they die?
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I suspect that if the copyright terms were where they were back in the early 70's (in the US, 28 years + 28 years if the copyright holder applied for an extension), most of this discussion would be moot. The pendulum went way, way too far in favor of copyright holders, so now there is building push back.
Just to use a well know example, J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973. The Hobbit was first published in 1937. LOTR was published in 1955.
It's 2016
1973 was 43 years ago.
1955 was 61 years ago.
1937 was 78 years ago.
Currently, they will not go out of copyright until 2044. That's a copyright period of 107 years for the Hobbit.