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Originally Posted by issybird
The old US system of a copyright term of 28 years, renewable once for an additional 28 years seemed and still seems reasonable to me. Perhaps a tad longer than ideal, but fair enough to all parties including the public.
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I would do it as 28 years from publish if the author is dead. If the author dies and the the book has been out more then 28 years, it goes into the PD. If the author dies before 28 years have passed, then when 28 years has passed, the book goes into PD. Yes this can give us 28 years or more, but nothing unreasonable. And the House of Mouse would be PD now.