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Originally Posted by Hitch
Actually, the thread is about piracy--not the duration of copyright. The duration of copyright is a side-argument--a red herring, if you will, as well, as if the duration of the copyright somehow negates the rights that attorn to the author and publisher via copyright.
The discussion question about pirated works raised says nothing whatsoever, I believe, about those books being copyrighted 70 or 65 or however many years ago. Thus, the discussion about whether or not authors and publishers have rights, and should be paid for their work, is directly relevant. The argument about whether or not copyright in the USA lasts too long is a different argument--unless we're going to conflate the two, to argue that somehow, an opinion that copyright lasts too long confers upon the person so opining some right to not pay authors and publishers? At what point does that "right" kick in? 5 years post-publishing? At what point does the author and publisher no longer deserve their money?
Hitch
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When the copyright expires. And any extension of the terms of copyright, that were in place at the time the copyrighted item was initially sold, is as much piracy, as those not paying for the copyright in the first place.