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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Again, I could never support a system where an author (or musician etc.) can see other people making money off their content while they're alive without them getting their royalty payment.
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You're talking about copyright guaranteeing control, which it was never intended to be for.
Copyright should be long enough to give the average work a chance to make a reasonable profit for the artist. No more, no less. That's what will give artists incentive to continue to create. Any copyright terms based on the life of the artist have nothing to do with the original intent of copyright.