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All the TRIPS agreement requires is 50 years. That can be from first publication, regardless of when the author dies. The US should go with 50 years from first

All the TRIPS agreement requires is 50 years. That can be from first publication, regardless of when the author dies. The US should go with 50 years from first publication. It doesn't have significant financial effect for rights holders. Revenue on content over 50 years old is tiny. Maybe if you're still alive, the sole author, and own the rights yourself, you could apply for an extension for the rest of your life. But no more than that. Someone with Trumpworld connections could push this, as a way of getting back at Hollywood.

Mindwipe 2y ago
> All the TRIPS agreement requires is 50 years. That can be from first publication, regardless of when the author dies. TRIPS requires fifty years for features, but not for various bits of copyright that go into making a feature, where it requires life + 50. There are vanishingly small amounts of films that would be genuinely clear under the TRIPS terms, they'd basically just be performing arts pieces with no script or planning or music.