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• ndesaulniers 8y ago
  Ok, 4.
  • dane-pgp 8y ago
    Are we talking months, or hours?
    • majewsky 8y ago
      While it sounds nice (from a consumer's perspective) to have no copyright at all, it would prevent a lot of media from being made, e.g. expensive movies. Movies for well-known franchises could possibly be financed through crowd-funding, but that would make it hard for production companies to make bets in new franchises or directors.
      • skookumchuck 8y ago
        If you can't make money in 20 years for a movie, it's never going to make money.
        • fattire 8y ago
          Everyone's good with this as far as software goes too, right? All apps go public domain after 20 years of release?
          • lanterk 8y ago
            Open Source, more like. A 20 year old software in vanilla state would likely just not run at all in current hardware.
            • snuxoll 8y ago
              Sure, but that's what projects like QEMU/DOSBox/other emulators and compatibility shims are for. There's so much abandonware out there, especially games that are stuck in licensing limbo that can't legally be acquired - and it's only going to get worse going forward as things like licensed middleware, soundtracks, etc. have been thrown into the mix with their own headaches.
          • readbeard 8y ago
            If copyright were shortened to 20 years as suggested, it would be legal to freely distribute copies of Windows 98 and Photoshop 5.0. I doubt that would make a dent in sales of Windows 10 or Creative Cloud. Newer versions of both would still be copyrighted, and there would be no obligation to release any unpublished source code.
          • fattire 8y ago
            @redbeard-- how about VAX/VMS for example? I believe licenses are still being sold for millions of dollars...
            • skookumchuck 8y ago
              Probably for the up-to-date version. Not the 20 year old version.