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I’m not so sure in the age of ebooks that “books disappear” is much of a concern.
Of course it’s those “rare” economically viable works that drive the copyright debate. Nobody writes fan fiction in the <name some obscure book that never sold well in the first place>.
It’s precisely those works that still HAVE economic value that people want to take that value for themselves via getting a book for free or writing new works based on economically valuable characters someone else created.
In fact, I think “economic death” might be a better yardstick than death of the author. If a book goes 28 years with no economic activity...it’s fair game.
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