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It's weird we never hear about how "the founding fathers" knew best in respect to copyright law...
They set it at 14 years, after that they could apply for a single 14 year extension and that's it.
With Fallout 1 coming out in 1997, we should be at the point where anyone who wants to make a fallout game, could just make a fallout game.
Imagine how much better gaming would be if billion dollar corporations couldn't get a monopoly on IP forever.
Capitalism. The minority of people own stuff and call the shots.
I personally think a short copyright might be acceptable. A couple years. And following that open use with attribution.