Comment by dahart

I think copyrights are too long. But, devil’s advocate, I haven’t heard a super convincing argument as to why something I make should ever revert to public domain, especially while I’m alive. Why shouldn’t I have the right to take my work to my grave and never have someone else profit from it? (Not saying I advocate this; I don’t. I’m just asking for a more clear argument as to why the public should be able to co-opt some IP and call it “culture” just because it got popular and/or profitable.)