I wonder how this might be (hopefully favorably) affected by Print-On-Demand publishing and like technologies.
Or, perhaps extended copyright should include a requirement that books remain in-print, and any that lose their in-print (or at least available-on-demand-for-a-not-outrageous-sum) status lose copyright protection (such that others can reprint if they wish, say with some sort of statutory mechanical royalty, perhaps as a percentage of sales or profits, to the erstwhile copyright holder).
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Or, perhaps extended copyright should include a requirement that books remain in-print, and any that lose their in-print (or at least available-on-demand-for-a-not-outrageous-sum) status lose copyright protection (such that others can reprint if they wish, say with some sort of statutory mechanical royalty, perhaps as a percentage of sales or profits, to the erstwhile copyright holder).