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<blockquote data-quote="Bunch" data-source="post: 9534377" data-attributes="member: 6696094">There's a lot to copyright protection.&nbsp; The most basic is strict copying of a book.&nbsp; My guess is that's what Twain and others of that era are arguing for more protection against.&nbsp; Then there is the intellectual property protection.&nbsp; This is things like fan fiction and derivative products like Harry Potter themed wands, theme parks etc.&nbsp; Strict copying I'm all for protecting for a reasonable length of time.&nbsp; The derivative stuff I'm personally less worried about protecting.&nbsp; I buy a ton of books for my family and I'm not convinced opening up derivative works would substantially harm most authors.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'll give you the big example.&nbsp; Take Rick Riordan.&nbsp; He has an imprint series like Tom Clancy where he slaps his name on other authors works to allow them to work in his worlds.&nbsp; When I present those to my kids they almost always say NO!&nbsp; Even with the original authors oversight and blessing the derivative books are rarely as good as the original authors so much so an 8 year old can tell after reading one or two</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bunch, post: 9534377, member: 6696094"] There's a lot to copyright protection. The most basic is strict copying of a book. My guess is that's what Twain and others of that era are arguing for more protection against. Then there is the intellectual property protection. This is things like fan fiction and derivative products like Harry Potter themed wands, theme parks etc. Strict copying I'm all for protecting for a reasonable length of time. The derivative stuff I'm personally less worried about protecting. I buy a ton of books for my family and I'm not convinced opening up derivative works would substantially harm most authors. I'll give you the big example. Take Rick Riordan. He has an imprint series like Tom Clancy where he slaps his name on other authors works to allow them to work in his worlds. When I present those to my kids they almost always say NO! Even with the original authors oversight and blessing the derivative books are rarely as good as the original authors so much so an 8 year old can tell after reading one or two [/QUOTE]

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