Maybe because Rowling is crap writher but amazing worldbuilder so the world she created shouldn't be confined to her mediocre writing style only. The problem i

Maybe because Rowling is crap writher but amazing worldbuilder so the world she created shouldn't be confined to her mediocre writing style only. The problem is that we are moving in winner takes all IP economy. So the copyright that made sense a 100 years ago just doesn't fit our fast moving world. The winner takes all now and will take a lot in the future. In the current world visibility is the problem not the copyright. Also we are able to lose works this way - which is scary. Even if 95% of everything that is crap it is still worth preserving. Right now NOLF - one of the best games ever is in limbo - no one knows who owns the damn rights. But I do feel that for works from single author it makes sense to be lifetime. But not for corporate ones. In 10 years you won't have the hardware to run the game you will hold the rights to for the next century. It is absurd.