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Still, you should welcome this debate. It makes "shorter copyright length" seem like a reasonable compromise, rather than crazy and radical as the publishers wo
by cwp 11y ago
Still, you should welcome this debate. It makes "shorter copyright length" seem like a reasonable compromise, rather than crazy and radical as the publishers would portray it.
- Zikes 11y agoAt the moment a proposal to completely do away with copyright is so ridiculous that it'd be like trying to reach a compromise with flat Earth theorists by saying "well maybe the Earth is just really, really flat, but still round." We should argue directly for reasonable copyright terms that still benefit the creators while also respecting the consumers. Everything else just muddles the issue.
- mordocai 11y agoIt's a known negotiating technique. You ask for something unreasonable that you know you can't get, then back down to something more reasonable(what you actually wanted) during negotiation.
- Zikes 11y agoYes, if you're already at the table and you have something the other person wants.