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Japan to extend copyright period on works including novel, paintings to 70 years
- deogeo 8y agoWhen was the last time a country reduced the duration of copyright? With very few exceptions, the profit a work brings falls quickly after publishing. So copyright isn't being extended so much to preserve the profits from existing works - it's to keep those works from competing with new ones. Literally taking from the public to create demand.
- x220 8y agoWhen was the last time a government gave up power?
- mattchamb 8y agoAs someone who is trying to use Aozora Bunko to get practice material for learning japanese, this saddens me. https://www.aozora.gr.jp https://www.aozora.gr.jp
- claudiawerner 8y agoThis looks really cool, makes me want to get my motivation back for learning Japanese again.
- mattchamb 8y agoI don't have a link atm, but the whole site is available as a github repo if you are interested in a local copy.
- pasbesoin 8y agohttp://darthcrimson.org/digital-japanese-literature-aozora-bunko/ http://darthcrimson.org/digital-japanese-literature-aozora-b... https://github.com/aozorabunko/aozorabunko https://github.com/aozorabunko/aozorabunko ~1.7 GB, as served as a zip file by Github.