BlkHawk
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If I invent a product I can get a patent that lasts 20 years.
If I write a book it is copyright for my life time plus 70 years.
They are both things I dreamed up, both things I created, both products of my imagination; so why the different time frames for legal protection?
Especially that variable of life time, it creates a confusing mess. For example Stieg Larsson's Girl With the Dragon Tatoo was published in the 2000's after his death, so it will be protected for 70 years, 2070. Harper Lee published To **** a Mockingbird in 1960, already 53 years. If she dies this year and I hope she doesn't, her book will be protected until 2083, 123 years.
Why isn't it just 70 years? If you write your book in your 20's, that will cover most life spans. If you die before your work is published your ****** will still inherit the profits from your work.
Why the difference, why does one form of creativity get such greater protection? I do believe all works deserve a term of perfection for the creator to profit, before those works fall into the public domain.
These are USA copyright/patent lengths.
If I write a book it is copyright for my life time plus 70 years.
They are both things I dreamed up, both things I created, both products of my imagination; so why the different time frames for legal protection?
Especially that variable of life time, it creates a confusing mess. For example Stieg Larsson's Girl With the Dragon Tatoo was published in the 2000's after his death, so it will be protected for 70 years, 2070. Harper Lee published To **** a Mockingbird in 1960, already 53 years. If she dies this year and I hope she doesn't, her book will be protected until 2083, 123 years.
Why isn't it just 70 years? If you write your book in your 20's, that will cover most life spans. If you die before your work is published your ****** will still inherit the profits from your work.
Why the difference, why does one form of creativity get such greater protection? I do believe all works deserve a term of perfection for the creator to profit, before those works fall into the public domain.
These are USA copyright/patent lengths.
