Two, they're too fucking long, no one needs their kids to get fat off the rights to granddaddy's work. Shorten that to like, life of the author + 25 and if after it's done, Timmy doesn't have a real job, that's tough shit.

This, thank you.

Warren Ellis and I went 'round on this once and I mentioned that my dad's name is on the patents for several technologies for things that are now common video technologies but that because cause he created them while a Civil Servant, he had to sign the rights over to the US Government.

WE responded that didn't I wish I had some of that money now.

I responded that I wasn't raised to be a sponge off of my father's achievements but to make my own way in the world.

WE replied that the next time I said something like that I was asking for a banning.