There are no business models which depend on a revenue stream existing 30 years from now to encourage the creation of works. In fact I can't think of any busine

There are no business models which depend on a revenue stream existing 30 years from now to encourage the creation of works. In fact I can't think of any business models that are dependent upon such lengths of time; patents don't even exceed 20 years. You are not encouraging any additional creation by making the copyright indefinite, you are simply handing creators exclusivity enforcement forever at the expense of the public. As a creator you are not entitled to ownership of information, it is given to you by the government. It is not relinquished from you to the people. Copyright is a social contract, not an inalienable right arbitrarily given to creators simply for the act of creation. In the first Supreme Court case on Copyright, they ruled: “Congress… by this act, instead of sanctioning an existing right… created it.”