Copyright law was intended to force works into the public domain. Before copyright, owners had complete control of the works forever. If you wanted a continuing income stream after copyright, you had to continue to produce new works.
Copyright has now been turned on its head. Works created before I was born can still be under copyright after I am dead. That is almost like having no copyright law at all!
I think copyright law should be 35 years for corporations, and not to exceed 70 years for individuals (and heirs).
The problem is copyright law
Copyright law was intended to force works into the public domain. Before copyright, owners had complete control of the works forever. If you wanted a continuing income stream after copyright, you had to continue to produce new works.
Copyright has now been turned on its head. Works created before I was born can still be under copyright after I am dead. That is almost like having no copyright law at all!
I think copyright law should be 35 years for corporations, and not to exceed 70 years for individuals (and heirs).
Found one article here
mises.org/journals/jls/15_4/15_4_3.pdf