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Have the fee be based time but scale with profits. So that author making 5k/year's fees may only would only have the fee increase by a few hundred per renewal w
by grawprog 7y ago
Have the fee be based time but scale with profits. So that author making 5k/year's fees may only would only have the fee increase by a few hundred per renewal whereas a company making 500k/year would see their fees go up by a few thousand per renewal etc. As an example.
- ghaff 7y agoThat introduces a massive accounting element. At least the current system is simple. By all means, shorten copyright terms. But let's not make it a complex mess that no one can really figure out.
- koboll 7y agoThen you kick off an arms race where regulators are constantly fighting to keep up with increasingly sophisticated money laundering techniques to obscure how valuable an IP actually is. A lot of money would be siphoned off by lawyers just so they can fight back to a stalemate. Why make it complicated? Just let works fall into the public domain after a couple decades.
- newsgremlin 7y agoIndeed, the one thing that can't be manipulated by dubious actors is time.
- stevekemp 7y ago"Hollywood Accounting" just means that works will never generate a profit..
- diffeomorphism 7y agoSo include a condition like "for twice the (undervalued) amount you state, anybody can ...". If they price they quoted was fair, they should be more than happy to sell it for twice that. If it was too low, well shouldn't have lied. If it is too high, more money to the public.