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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long should the ideal term of copyright be? (self.chat)

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[–] ffmike 20 points 1 year ago

Well, most of my work was programming books, so honestly a 5 year copyright term would have been plenty. But the internet put most of those publishers out of business anyhow.

Outside of my own special case, I don't have really strong opinions on the term.