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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Thanatos wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Frank Frank  wrote:   
   >> Thanatos wrote:   
   >>> That's enough time for the heirs to continue to derive   
   >>> some income while they get their affairs in order and start   
   >>> making their own living in the world.   
   >> Why not expect them to make their own living in the world from their   
   >> 18th birthdays onward?   
   >   
   > Because perhaps some authors have kids who aren't 18 yet, genius.   
      
   I never said they should have to make their own living before age 18. If   
   they are orphaned at an earlier age, they can be provided for in the   
   same manner as if the son of a steelworker or a bricklayer is orphaned   
   and Daddy is therefore no longer bringing home the bacon.   
      
   >>> And it would disincentivize murdering artists   
   >> So would there not being any copyright at all.   
   >   
   > That makes no linguistic sense.   
      
   It makes perfect sense, linguistic and otherwise.   
      
   You're worried that copyright that expires at the end of the author's   
   life might motivate random people killing authors. On the other hand,   
   inheritable copyright may motivate the author's own family to kill him.   
   Get rid of copyright and *both* motives disappear.   
      
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