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06/13/2008: "Copy protection and death"


In the light of the new copyright bill introduced in Canada yesterday, I had this thought:

Copyright has frequently been described as an incentive for creators to produce new works. If that is true, why does copy protection on a work extend for decades after the death of the creator (70 years in USA, 50 years in Canada)? What possible incentive could that be after the creator is dead?

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