5-10 years should be the default. But let's say you could get another 10 years extension, but you'd have to renew it, but you'd have to pay say $1,000-$5,000. I mean, if you want to renew it, presumably you're making money from it, and it's worth investing copyrights for another decade. If it's not making you money anyway, then it should go into the public domain. I think the end goal was to "enrich" the whole society indirectly, by the authors a monopoly just enough time to make their money back, and be a worthy investment.
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5-10 years should be the default. But let's say you could get another 10 years extension, but you'd have to renew it, but you'd have to pay say $1,000-$5,000. I mean, if you want to renew it, presumably you're making money from it, and it's worth investing copyrights for another decade. If it's not making you money anyway, then it should go into the public domain. I think the end goal was to "enrich" the whole society indirectly, by the authors a monopoly just enough time to make their money back, and be a worthy investment.