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card_zero 29 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a...

So far as I can tell, the idea behind extending copyright two generations after the author's death was so that they could leave the rights to their children and grandchildren, and this would keep old or terminally ill authors motivated.

intrasight 29 days ago [–]

No, it was extended because Disney and the like lobbied for it to be done.

card_zero 29 days ago | [–]

I'm talking about the limit that was chosen in 1886, death + 50 years.

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