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And it's good for the world that this is the case. While the original term of 14 years may have struck a good balance between motivating creators and moving th
by xiaoma 11y ago
And it's good for the world that this is the case.
While the original term of 14 years may have struck a good balance between motivating creators and moving their creations into the public domain, copyright laws have gone mad in the past century.
- frozenport 11y agoAlgorithms by Cormen 3rd edition is from 2009
- xiaoma 11y agoInterestingly, two of the three private copyright acts in America prior to the Copyright Act of 1790 I was referring to were for 7 years. I'm sure if you try, you can find a more recent book. This is just some more food for thought. What length of time do you believe strikes the optimal balance between incentivizing creation and adding to the public domain?
- frozenport 11y agoThe author's lifetime, especially for written works like novels or textbooks.
- fao_ 11y agoWell, the original purpose of copyright was to allow creators to earn enough from their works that they could create more. (Since then I personally feel that it has turned into a form of money-grabbing.) The argument can hardly be made that this applies to Feynman. And in this case -- especially with such a treasure trove of information -- I cannot really see much of a purpose in it not being free to distribute.