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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be?

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a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.

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Maybe 25 years? But there should be an extra provision that the work must remain publicly available for purchase in like form and cost or else the copyright is voided (with a one year grace period to resolve production issues.)

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