I find it odd that copyrights last 70 years after an author's death or 95 years for "work for hire" copyrights. That seems about 35 to 50 years longer than it needs to be. I don't see why publishing companies or the descendants of authors need to make money off of works that were published many decades ago. I think it would be better for those people, if they want to continue making money, to work on creating new works. Plus, it seems good for society if works can enter the public domain after a reasonable amount of time. I also don't see why copyrights should renew automatically. It seems like it should only be renewed if the copyright owner has a strong interest in doing so. So my suggestion is copyright for 25 years, which can be renewed so it lasts up to 20 years after the author's death or 60 years after publication for work for hire.
If you want to read more, here are some links I found:
http://sundial.csun.edu/2006/11/whyc...awslastsolong/
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-copyrights-last-so-long
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyri..._United_States
Also, just to be clear, I'm not advocating that people violate current copyright laws; I'm proposing that the laws change.
If you want to read more, here are some links I found:
http://sundial.csun.edu/2006/11/whyc...awslastsolong/
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-copyrights-last-so-long
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyri..._United_States
Also, just to be clear, I'm not advocating that people violate current copyright laws; I'm proposing that the laws change.
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