What is the optimal length of a copyright?

Posted on July 20, 2016 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Copyright is a property right in favor of creators of original works. According to the map below, all countries protect a creator’s copyright to his or her original work for the duration of the creator’s life, but how long should a copyright last after the death of the creator?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/World_copyright_terms.svg/1024px-World_copyright_terms.svg.png

Hat tip: Meemo16, via reddit.

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.
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