One aspect of having the copyright law increase the time after the author&#x27;s death is that it creates a shadow during which nothing enters the public domain. In France, we are still in a shadow.<p>I made a graph of all shadows that ever existed in France: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;espadrine.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;136054168016&#x2F;public-domain-shadow" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;espadrine.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;136054168016&#x2F;public-domain-...</a>.