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Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R... by davidw on Saturday December 28, 2013 @04:56AM (#6974575)
> I'm playing devil's advocate a bit here, but couldn't the precedent have an effect on the creative output of people alive today, based on their desire for their descendants to inherit something valuable?

Fair enough, but Conan-Doyle's children are dead too. How many generations should get the benefit of something before the public at large does?

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Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R... by danielweber on Saturday December 28, 2013 @10:08AM (#6975126)
It shouldn't be based on lifetimes or the number of generations, just a flat number of years.

If I buy an annuity that pays out over 50 years, it should pay out over 50 years, whether or not I die tomorrow or I live another hundred.

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