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Old 07-07-2009, 11:59 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Where do you get your figure of 60+ years from? Most of us live in countries with a "life + 70" copyright term, hence Mr. Heinlein's works will enter the public domain on 1st Jan 2059; fewer than 50 years hence.
You're right. Bad math.

And assuming that the laws don't change again.

How old will you be in 50 years? I will be very old, and an author dead for 70 years, who influenced my childhood, who was old when he did it, will just be allowed to enter the larger culture's remixathon. It's sad.

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