I picked "The lifetime of the author, plus a number of years", but even better would be 80 (or thereabouts) years after the
birth of the author. That would ensure income for dependents of the author even if the author dies young. And in those (rare?) cases when it's difficult to determine who the author is or when they died, it defaults easily to at the latest 80 years after publication.
I'd set a much shorter time for copyright owned by companies, say ~20 years after publication at most.
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Originally Posted by Philippe D.
I suppose I'm in the minority in thinking heirs should not get benefits, but then I'm also in the minority in believing any form of inheritance should be abolished.
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I completely support abolishing all forms of inheritance (preferably keep a small amount for sentimental things). But I don't think we should start with taking it away from artists while letting everybody else keep it.