I'd be happier with those periods -- but I also know people who are authors who feel a deep emotional connection to their characters, and would feel quite hurt to live to see other people use them without their permission.
That's the reason for a "life of the copyright holder (+ N years, N >= 0), if the copyright holder is a person."
The other numbers, as I said, are simply the largest numbers I could live with.
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Date: 2006-10-18 11:47 am (UTC)That's the reason for a "life of the copyright holder (+ N years, N >= 0), if the copyright holder is a person."
The other numbers, as I said, are simply the largest numbers I could live with.