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> Why does someone need to be incentivized to create after they're dead? That means if I spend a couple years writing a book, instead of spending more time wit
by FalconSensei 6y ago
> Why does someone need to be incentivized to create after they're dead?
That means if I spend a couple years writing a book, instead of spending more time with my family or working on something else, and get hit by a car and die the day after the release... my family is left with nothing?
My incentive to create would be that my family would have some earning even after my death (if I'm older or sick, for example)
- fossuser 6y agoA problem better solved by life insurance than copyright. That said, you'd still have the 5yr or whatever amount of time. I don't think tying it to the life of the author makes sense. It was just an example of how the spirit of the law got twisted from 'incentive to create' to 'rights holders should profit forever from their IP'.