Thread: Death of copyright, film at 11?
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Old 02-03-2009, 12:00 PM   #48
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You may be surprised to hear that I actually agree with you that life + 70 is excessive. I'd be happy with, say, life + 25. I think the point about it being "more" than life is important; if I'm an author with a wife and young children, they should be able to continue to receive income from my books in the event of my death.
Why? You do not get a salary after you have died so why should this time limited monopol behave differently?
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