That’s a disincentive to authors in their later years if it’s a straight rule.

We’d need something like a minimum of 20 years or up to their 100th birthday or something.

Imagine being in the last phase of life and finding your only motivation to create or share anything is the opportunity to extract as much value from society as possible.

	▲	kube-system 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Many people find motivation to give to their heirs in their last phase of life.
	▲	freejazz an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I don't see anyone here judging you for going to work and wanting to be compensated for your efforts. But suddenly authors are "extract[ing] as much value from society as possible"? That's just rude. If we're being honest, it's much better for society that an author gets that money than someone working at Facebook.