But just how long should works of art be kept under copyright protection?

They also serve as an early form of copyright protection.

I'm not sure what you're on about; no one has 120 years of copyright protection.

There are some countries that offer little or no copyright protection to any foreign works.

Failure to do so could result in loss of copyright protection for the entire work.

The scope of the copyright protection, however, is not always clear.

In order to qualify for copyright protection, a work must be original to the author.

At the time, American law offered no copyright protection to foreigners.

Then you would be up in arms about copyright protection.

The organization says clear copyright protection will encourage people to put their work on the Internet.