2) Life of copyright is not to exceed the shorter period of the natural
life of the creator or 125 years. In the case of a work by multiple
authors, the life of the copyright is the shorter period of the life
of the last living author or 125 years.
125 years? Thats way too insanely long. The reason the original
copyright was 20 years was that it took a long time to physically
create and distribute books worldwide. Printing, paper making, and
travel times being many times what they are now.
Notice that I said
"shorter period of the natural life of the creator or 125 years"
Before the Sonny Bono Act, did copyright take the authors life into
account ?
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