Of course people benefit from "old" works (otherwise we really be having this conversation) Just look at classical music. Or shoot even look at Disney and its

Of course people benefit from "old" works (otherwise we really be having this conversation) Just look at classical music. Or shoot even look at Disney and its repurposing old tales. I think it is also true a lot of people create things BECAUSE there is a copyright and people can make money of it. The question is, how long do we let them have a copyright? Where would music be today if we couldn't build on Beethoven? So obviously infinity isn't the answer. And while some people would create, just because, some people wouldn't if the copyright term is too short. The US Constitution says "a limited time" but what does that mean? I think that any term that is longer than the average lifetime, may as well be infinite. I can't find the article now but there was some research shown that Amazon doesn't have many books over 25 years old that are still in copyright. I don't know what the right length is, but 25 seems a decent length. It should be 25 years long, no matter if it is for hire or not.