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If you can't make money in 20 years for a movie, it's never going to make money.
by skookumchuck 8y ago
If you can't make money in 20 years for a movie, it's never going to make money.
- fattire 8y agoEveryone's good with this as far as software goes too, right? All apps go public domain after 20 years of release?
- lanterk 8y agoOpen Source, more like. A 20 year old software in vanilla state would likely just not run at all in current hardware.
- snuxoll 8y agoSure, 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 agoIf 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 Newer versions of both would still be copyrighted, and there would be no obligation to release any unpublished source code.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 agoProbably for the up-to-date version. Not the 20 year old version.