Surely copyright law was designed to protect the author when he was alive and could benefit from the income. Charlie Chaplin is long dead so doesn't benefit therefore copyright is now superfluous and should end when the author ends. The parasitic publishers should not be able to misuse copyright in this way.
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Re: The Kid
Surely copyright law was designed to protect the author when he was alive and could benefit from the income. Charlie Chaplin is long dead so doesn't benefit therefore copyright is now superfluous and should end when the author ends. The parasitic publishers should not be able to misuse copyright in this way.