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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
No, you have the analogy wrong.
That man built the house, sold the rights to the house to somebody else who rented it out. And now his children and his children's children will still get paid by the original buyer. Even though the house has been renovated several times.
The copyright laws in their current form are ridiculous. In this day and age, ages above 90 are more a rule rather than an exception. And how much will an author really lose if it would be changed from life + 70 to first published + 70?
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Why has someone renovated his book or is it the same as when he first wrote it?
And he didn't sell the rights to the book he sold the rights to print a version of that book and even then it wasnt a deal that gave them that right for infinity.