Iawtc. It's a complex subject and, like you, I'm not prepared to say it's a *bad* thing, certainly not in all situations, though neither am I convinced it's always good. I think that there has to be a balance between remunerating an author/artist/whatever, and the recognition that their output passes into public culture and at some point into public ownership. I definitely don't think that copyright should be extended. If someone's had 50 or 75 years of royalties from something, that really should be enough. For heavens sake! They knew these were the terms at the beginning.