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Old 06-25-2010, 08:52 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
But I won't budge on the term of copyright. Needs to be until death of the creator at the shortest, and ideally 10-15 years later so there's incentive to publish work late in life, or for families to publish their work posthumously etc.

People should get to enjoy the fruits of their labors for at least their lifetime if they're fortunate enough to create something that people want to read/watch/listen to over that long of a time span.

The creators not in it for money are free to give it away online and never seek to make money off it. Those who choose to produce it for sale, should have control of it at least until death.
Why a life time? Patent last 20 years and nobody stop inventing...

Why not link copyright to the creation: 20 years for each work, whether the author is alive or not, works for late and posthume creations...

I agree writers should benefit from their work, like the inventors, but why a life time?
Or make the patent last for the life time of the inventor +70...That would be interesting to see.
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