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cubefox | on: Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees
Maybe 100 years after birth instead.
cestith | parent | next
That’s a disincentive to authors in their later years if it’s a straight rule.

We’d need something like a minimum of 20 years or up to their 100th birthday or something.

notarobot123 | root | parent
Imagine being in the last phase of life and finding your only motivation to create or share anything is the opportunity to extract as much value from society as possible.
kube-system | root | parent | next
Many people find motivation to give to their heirs in their last phase of life.
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notarobot123 | parent
This isn't a bad idea. It would prevent the constant recycling of copyrighted works and bias the creative economy towards newer works. It seems the bias is in the other direction at the moment.