[jimbob45]

If you were to go about changing copyright law, I have to imagine you’d only be able to change it for your nation’s works while still respecting the duration from other countries. In that case, copyright reform wouldn’t have helped this guy.

I’m all for copyright reform though. 70 + life is absurd. Even worse, you penalize people for dying early like MLK.

[animuchan]

This is an interesting perspective! So in the long run, it might be economical to hire a hitman and coerce the artist into dying early, saving potentially tens of years worth of royalties.

[jackstraw14]

> coerce the artist into dying early

how do you know it's early?

[welshwelsh]

>still respecting the duration from other countries

I don't see why. Why should other countries laws apply in my country?

[alwayslikethis]

Plenty of countries have 50+life currently and they don't respect the longer time in the US.

[bentley]

Fewer and fewer. Canada, for example, changed this year from life + 50 to life + 70. No copyrights will expire in Canada for the next 20 years.