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		loonster on Dec 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1... No publisher would want to sign a contract with an author that isn't likely to live much longer. It needs to be either a fixed amount, or Life + something.

ars on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

It should be life of author or 40 years, whichever comes later.

Corporations and the like get 40 years.

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