I'll link this comment I wrote yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12374642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12374642 It's ridiculous that copy

I'll link this comment I wrote yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12374642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12374642 It's ridiculous that copyright lasts so long. At least for nonfiction works, copyright should expire after a relatively short amount of time. There is no benefit to society by looking these great works behind paywalls.