In the context of copyright, which my reply was about, it's about striking a balance between rewarding creators and progressing the arts. In my opinion, extend

In the context of copyright, which my reply was about, it's about striking a balance between rewarding creators and progressing the arts. In my opinion, extended copyrights like what we have now tilt the balance too far in favour of rewarding the creator, at the expense of progressing the arts. 20-30 years is a perfectly reasonable amount of time to profit exclusively from the distribution of a work. Which is not to say you can no longer profit from it afterwards, just that opening it up to the public greatly increases the potential of progressing the arts. Not to mention, it adds incentive for creators to keep creating even after making successful art.