Should Marx and Engels be copyrighted?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. Current copyright law is insane.

At MOST, copyright should be the lifetime of the author or 25 years after publication, whichever is longer, and should ONLY be held by the author (or a family member after death within the 25 year window if the author died less than 25 years after publication). The author should be able to grant the "right to produce copies", but should never have the actual copyright be transferred to anyone else.

It is insane to extend copyright simply so that corporations can continue to have a stranglehold on wealth generation long after the death of the person who came up with those ideas.

Another reason among many to oppose the TPP as well.