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Originally Posted by Sirtel
The book should go into public domain when its author dies, so no one will benefit.
Copyright extending past the author's death to benefit their relatives is unfair to everyone else's relatives who is not an author. Of course, the real reason is not to support the author's spouse or kids, but so that publishers could still sell dead authors' works and get money for them.
I'm sure that copyright terms won't be reduced. Too much money in the business.
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Actually, the publisher still benefits. When the author dies and the book then becomes public domain, the publisher can still sell the book. The family gets nothing more from it.