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Originally Posted by carld
In our current age, yes. But it wasn't always so. Look, I'm all in favor of reworking the copyright system to be more in favor of the consumer (very much so, even though it's not going to happen). But the idea that a writer should be able to retain his copyright and make a living is a good one, and not one I'm going to budge on.
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First your "True, but modern copyright doesn't vanish at the time of death. I think our current law goes overboard, but I think the publishers, and author's estate, should retain the copyright for a while as an incentive to keep the works available." was not talking about why the laws are as they are. And you argued that copyright should be retained after death of the author to keep work available. And that argument is invalid.