> Personally, I don't mind the idea so much of a perpetual copyright […] Most people would find it unimaginable to consider Gulliver's Travels or Robinson Crus

> Personally, I don't mind the idea so much of a perpetual copyright […] Most people would find it unimaginable to consider Gulliver's Travels or Robinson Crusoe as copyrighted works — who should own them? The great-great-great-grandchildren of the authors? Some copyright acquisition firm? Shouldn't all incorporeal cultural output be returned to the public at some point?