> but derivative works could benefit from longer term protection. As in, you can't make a movie based on a book in that author’s lifespan. Why? If no derivativ

> but derivative works could benefit from longer term protection. As in, you can't make a movie based on a book in that author’s lifespan. Why? If no derivative works can be made within the original author's lifespan, that would mean that the author's audience would likewise rarely live to see any. By the time the author is dead, their works are might be irrelevant or forgotten. Who is going to remix them then? Copyright terms lasting lifetimes rob entire generations of their culture. The original length of copyright in the US was only 14 years.