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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Just because there are other histories of Julius Caesar does not make Shakespeare's play unimportant.
You and I disagree. But if you really believe that so strongly, you should stop reading public domain books immediately. Just because it is legally available doesn't mean you should be treating Mark Twain's heirs as second class citizens and read his work for free.
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I never said anything about public domain books.
I am talking about out of print books which are still copyrighted.
The way I interpreted a couple of posts was either keep your book available or give up your rights or pay to keep it out of print.
That to me says if your memoirs are not that important to you, give up your rights so some other person can make money off of your hard work.
So life + 70 makes sense.
As per your Shakespeare reference, someone cared about his work to keep it going.
As to Twain's heirs, they can still make money off his books if they want to.
Now to all of you that want to make sure no book is ever orphaned again: contact the copyright holder and get permission to store a copy of their book so exactly 70 years after they die, you can make their work available.
Find the flaw in that logic.