There was a discussion about a 'dead zone' of media relating to books because of overreaching copyright [1]. Since the economies of providing older copyrighted

There was a discussion about a 'dead zone' of media relating to books because of overreaching copyright [1]. Since the economies of providing older copyrighted work aren't in high enough demand aren't incentivized enough, the works effectively become 'lost'. There's a long tail to exploit, which I think Netflix, at least when it started out, benefited from, but in practice the works become effectively lost. I've found at least one other example of an article talking about this effect relating to Zora Neale Hurston [2]. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-hole-in-our-collective-memory-how-copyright-made-mid-century-books-vanish/278209/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-h... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/07/how-copyright-law-hides-work-like-zora-neale-hurstons-new-book-from-the-public/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...