My point was that RR Martin wrote books, and then *movies* were made off the books. If the copyright period is 2-3 years, then a movie company would just need t

My point was that RR Martin wrote books, and then *movies* were made off the books. If the copyright period is 2-3 years, then a movie company would just need to wait a couple years and RR Martin would get zero dollars for his work (except the small number of people that buy his book) but more people watch movies and shows, so they would be willing to pay the premium for the movies based off his content just a couple years later.