WoW and GTA5 both made back their costs shortly after launch. The fact that there is more profit to be made afterwards isn't an argument for or against longer c

WoW and GTA5 both made back their costs shortly after launch. The fact that there is more profit to be made afterwards isn't an argument for or against longer copyright terms. The point of copyright is not to enable the author or publisher to capture 100% of the profit - otherwise, we'd just issue perpetual copyright title and call it a day. The point is to encourage the production of new works by giving people who create them a "bite at the apple", so to speak. So the length of copyright title needs to be calibrated to allow creators the chance to make a profit, but to not gate further creativity or re-use behind a paywall. This is, of course, very poorly bargained-for in present law.