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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Nope. Books that people wanted to buy (or that a publisher thought would sell) will remain in print when copyright expires. Indeed, they're likely to be available more widely, and in less expensive editions.
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To clarify, definitely not advocating for the original copyright to be extended. But the authors' estate and/or a publisher need to make money or the work will go out of print. So piracy of dead authors is harmful too.