> 2) academics profit from copyrights. Academic work usually doesn't have a long shelf-life. Textbooks already get replaced every few years. So there's little

> 2) academics profit from copyrights. Academic work usually doesn't have a long shelf-life. Textbooks already get replaced every few years. So there's little incentive against advocating for shorter copyright terms that would allow most academics free access to older research materials without impacting their own income.