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I don't think that darknet can be much of a danger since so many books on it are missing relevant formatting (like bolds, italics, and sometimes paragraphs)
If it takes 5-6 hours to "fix" a book it would have been better to just buy a not so expensive copy from one of the ebook stores. (assuming of course that it's being sold somewhere)
not sure how valuable everyone's else's time is...
I also agree that lifetime +70 years is excessive.
Though I do think lifetime is important because sometimes books don't get recognized right away. Moby Dick anyone? So I do think it's fair the author is rewarded if the book takes off during their lifetime. And I think 25 years is plenty of time for any children of the author to grow up and find their own careers not depend on mom and dad's creativity and hard work to keep them fed and sheltered.
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