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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Copyright after death is a very different matter, and good arguments can be made against it. In some cases it is very valid, though. A good example is Micky Mouse. Expiry only if Disney goes belly up, that would make sense.
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Perhaps copyright could be ammended along the lines of whether the creation is an ongoing concern of the creator or not.
So a stand alone novel or series could be under copyright for 20 years, 50 years or life of creator or whatever is deemed appropriate. Then something like a character or serialised show or set of novels or magazine or something could be under copyright so long as the creator(and their decendents/corporation/whatever) is still actively creating new material using this concept. Once they don't make any new content(or a certain minimum amount of content) for X number of years the concept passes into the PD.
Cheers,
PKFFW
P.S Of course that wouldn't stop those who want to "file-share" because it's not really about copyright anyway