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I found the point of contention
While I agree that would be more than sufficient, and I’d settle for such a change, I still think it is far too long. The purpose of copyright is to provide a period of exclusivity so that more people have an incentive to create works of art and culture (in all its forms).
How many people or companies do you know that make decisions based on what they expect to earn from it more than 20 years from now. Maybe 40. Sure they exist in some industries, but publishing and movies and TV and so on? If you haven’t turned a profit in the first couple of years on average from each work, you’re dead, and anything after the first decade or two is gravy.
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Oh sure. If I were reinventing the wheel then (assuming nanosocialism is off the table) then death plus 20 would be enough in my book. But we play with what we have. Death plus 70 unless published before 1923 unless published in a work for hire contract unless an audio recording unless a film is batshit crazy. Pick a rule, stick to it.
I’d never heard the term nanosocialism before. Learned something new today,
thanks 
I assume you are using what Wikipedia describes as the rpg version and not
the nanotechnology version?
Also, not that it matters, but I didn’t mean death+20. I meant 20. No
reason I should be allowed to own things longer just because I am young.
Patents don’t get that treatment and people spend a whole lot of money to
file and defend them.
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