Comments on: copycon: SOCAN advocates 1 Strike http://laurelrusswurm.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/copycon-socan-advocates-1-strike/ a writer, the copyfight and internet freedom Mon, 13 May 2013 16:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WJM http://laurelrusswurm.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/copycon-socan-advocates-1-strike/#comment-151 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:26:41 +0000 http://laurelrusswurm.wordpress.com/?p=1620#comment-151 62. Human longevity has increased since the 19th century when the 50-year term was established, and many countries have extended the term of copyright protection to reflect the fact that people now live longer.

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What a red herring. The lifespan has increased somewhat… but the deathspan hasn’t. Dead is still forever.

No matter what the posthumous term of copyright is, the term of copyright for the author is always the same. Twenty additional years of posthumous copyright does nothing for authors – unless, by coincidence, they happen to be the heirs to some dead person’s commercially valuable copyrights as well.

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