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Originally Posted by stustaff
how is 'the entire world deprived' if copyright is set at a standard 50 years after initial publication.
That way the creators family can benefit, but there is a clear date for when it will become available.
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My only thought on this is that 50 years without any form of registration allows lots of works to be lost. Most works are on the shelves for at best a few years before they are replaced with newer works. 50 years is a term that is designed to protect that small minority of authors who have works remain in print for extended periods of time. I seems to me that a book that has been out of print for 45 years by the time the copyright expires is a book that might be lost before it can enter the public domain.
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Bill