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Originally Posted by Aliantha
So what do you think is a reasonable amount of time then? What's wrong with someone's children profiting from their parents brilliance? Surely that's what any parent would want for their kids?
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Copyright is a contract. In exchange for '
a limited' period of protection, the work goes into the public domain. Our forefathers were smart enough to understand that unlimited protection would lead to a monopoly or oligopoly and actually discourage innovation.
Wanting unlimited protection is simply greed.
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