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The very concept that copyright is anything more than a temporary artificial monopoly granted within certain narrow grounds... I'd point out that patents can be registered by individuals, and there are few objections to their relatively low, fixed span. Are you arguing for those to be lifelong?
Anyway: I disagree with the "to death" concept, which is going to become increasingly problematical over the next century as biology starts to extend Human lifespans. Instead, as I've said before, I feel that the span of copyright should depend entirely on the rights claimed - less restrictive (to the degree of allowing compulsory licensing or free private usage at the lower end) claims to last longer, and more restrictive claims for far shorter periods.
Also, moral rights should be inalienable and last the author's lifetime: Moral Rights are separate from the commercial rights governed by copyright, and I would imagine that your holding them would be important to you (since they govern the rights of attribution) than copyright per-se.
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